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Next year could be 'unlucky 13' for UK motor trade
Added: 5 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Next year could see a dip in sales of newly-registered cars if superstitious b…

ATS Euromaster responds to UK Autumn Statement
Added: 5 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Ian Stuart, group managing director of tire distributor ATS Euromaster, has we…

MRF profits down in Q4
Added: 5 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Indian tyre maker MRF Ltd has reported a 58.3 percent drop in net profits duri…

Vietnam may join top rubber producers' group
Added: 5 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kuala Lumpur - Vietnam, the world's fourth-largest rubber exporter, may join t…

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

Pirelli tire dealer training goes online
Added: 5 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
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
ERJ staff report (BC)
Chennai - To meet its electricity requirements in a power-starved Tamil Nadu p…

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

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

IISRP launches meeting website
Added: 4 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Houston - The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers has launch…

Goodyear named a top global innovator
Added: 4 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
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
ERJ staff report (BC)
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
ERJ staff report (BC)
Washington, DC - A coalition group of more than 500 leaders from businesses, n…

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

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

Cooper Tire & Rubber maintains momentum
Added: 4 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Findlay, Ohio - Replacement tire maker Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. reported solid…

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

BBC examines the safety of part-worns
Added: 3 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
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
ERJ staff report (BC)
Essen, Germany - Tyre manufacturer Hankook is again the main sponsor of the