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Offer summer/winter tire choice, ATS tells OEMs
Added: 5 Dec 2012
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Birmingham, England - ATS Euromaster is urging 38 of the largest van and car m…

Pirelli tire dealer training goes online
Added: 5 Dec 2012
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Burton-on-Trent, England - Pirelli UK has launched an online version of its Pi…

Apollo Tyres to build power plant at Tamil Nadu factory
Added: 5 Dec 2012
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Chennai - To meet its electricity requirements in a power-starved Tamil Nadu p…

RIEG rubber reinforcement conference finalised
Added: 5 Dec 2012
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London - The programme for the Rubber in Engineering Group's Conference on Rub…

Scandinavian consumers praise Cinturato Blue tire
Added: 5 Dec 2012
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Milan - The Swedish consumer website Topten has endorsed Pirelli's latest Cint…

IISRP launches meeting website
Added: 4 Dec 2012
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Houston - The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers has launch…

Goodyear named a top global innovator
Added: 4 Dec 2012
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Akron, Ohio - The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has been named a Thomson Reut…

Small fire extinguished quickly at Gates Rubber plant
Added: 4 Dec 2012
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Columbia, Missouri - Firefighters contained a small fire in one of the cord dr…

Guide aims to help companies assess chemical safety
Added: 4 Dec 2012
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Washington, DC - A coalition group of more than 500 leaders from businesses, n…

IRSG to host African rubber seminar
Added: 4 Dec 2012
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Singapore - The International Rubber Study Group and the Cote d'Ivoire Ministr…

Bridgestone wins Italian energy award
Added: 4 Dec 2012
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Zaventem, Belgium - Tire maker Bridgestone's Technical Centre Europe (TCE), ba…

Cooper Tire & Rubber maintains momentum
Added: 4 Dec 2012
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Findlay, Ohio - Replacement tire maker Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. reported solid…

Kentucky offers grants for tire crumb projects
Added: 4 Dec 2012
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Frankfort, Kentucky - The Energy and Environment Cabinet of the state of Kentu…

BBC examines the safety of part-worns
Added: 3 Dec 2012
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Birmingham, England - The perils of motorists entrusting their safety to part-…

Michelin tires last twice as long as rivals on heavy plant, says Harborough hire centre
Added: 3 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
A Market Harborough-based plant hire company is convinced of the merits of Mic…

Safe tuning campaign car uses Hankook tires
Added: 3 Dec 2012
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Essen, Germany - Tyre manufacturer Hankook is again the main sponsor of the  

Dunlop tires selected for 2014 Mazda6
Added: 3 Dec 2012
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Akron, Ohio - Dunlop Tires has announced that Mazda's newly redesigned 2014 Ma…

American Tire Distributors acquires TriCan in Edmonton, Alberta
Added: 3 Dec 2012
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Huntersville, North Carolina - American Tire Distributors, Inc. (ATD) announce…

First wave of REACH test proposals examined
Added: 3 Dec 2012
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Helsinki - The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) …

Thai levy bill upsets rubber industry reps
Added: 3 Dec 2012
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Phattalung, Thailand - Representatives of the Thai rubber industry have voiced…