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Kian Hon opens retread tire facility
Added: 13 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kuala Lumpur - Kian Hon Tyres has launched a $6.6 million retreading plant in …

Big three rubber producers confirm regional bloc
Added: 13 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Phuket - The world's top rubber producers have confirmed a policy of cutting e…

Indian rubber licensing goes online
Added: 12 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kottayam, India - Sheela Thomas, chair of the Rubber Board of India, has launc…

Tyre services group Euromaster expands into Turkey
Added: 12 Dec 2012
ERJ Staff Report (LMH)
Birmingham, UK -- Euromaster Group has expanded operations into Turkey, which…

RPN names Cooper-Standard's McElya Executive of the Year
Added: 12 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Akron, Ohio - For guiding automotive supplier Cooper Standard through the rece…

Continental opening Berlin public affairs office
Added: 12 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Hanover - Continental will open a new liaison office for public affairs in Be…

Thailand wants to cut rubber exports by inviting foreign tire manufacturers in
Added: 12 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Xinhua - Thailand has called on foreign tire producers to open plants in the c…

Titan's Taylor discloses acquisition in the works
Added: 12 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Quincy, Illinois -- Titan International Inc's next acquisition will be a com…

Lehigh forms distribution deal in Latin America
Added: 12 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Atlanta, Georgia - Lehigh Technologies Inc., is expanding its micronised rub…

Tokai Rubber sets up JV in Russia
Added: 11 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Komaki, Japan - Tokai Rubber Industries has set up a joint venture in Russia…

SSBR to meet demands of low-rolling-resistance tires
Added: 11 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Leverkusen, Germany - The trend for low-rolling-resistance tires will need t…

Avon Tyres agrees three-year deal with Lotus
Added: 11 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Melksham, UK - Avon Tyres has signed a three-year agreement with Lotus on Tr…

Petlas to boost farm tire capacity
Added: 11 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Kirsehir, Turkey - Petlas Tire Corp. is planning to expand capacity for radi…

Mini suspension designer dies aged 92
Added: 10 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bradford-on-Avon, UK - Dr Alex Moulton, inventor of two different forms of sus…

Nominations close soon for Tire Technology Awards
Added: 10 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Dorking, UK - The Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Exce…

Cabot launches Transfinity grades for mining and NVH uses
Added: 10 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Billerica, Massachusetts - Cabot Corporation. has released commercial grades o…

China passenger car sales near two-year high
Added: 10 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
London - Sales of passenger cars in China rose to the highest level in almos…

Malaysia promotes rubber medical gloves over vinyl
Added: 10 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Petaling Jaya - The Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council (MREPC) organise…

Trelleborg sets new business targets
Added: 10 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Trelleborg, Sweden - Industrial elastomer technology specialist Trelleborg hel…

Cambodian PM tells minorities their future is rubber
Added: 10 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Phnom Penh - Visiting Cambodia's Ratanakkiri province, Prime Minister Hun Sen …