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Firestone appoints European air spring sales manager
Added: 21 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Indianapolis, Indiana -- Firestone Industrial Products Europe BV has appointed…

NIzhnekamskshina wins ISO 14001
Added: 21 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nizhnekamsk, Tartarstan -- Nizhnekamsk SSC Tire Factory has been accredited to…

Russian mining giant to use Bridgestone tyres
Added: 21 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow - Russian mining company Mechel OAO has signed a series of five-year co…

Nitrile rubber industry studied
Added: 21 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Transparency Market Research has published a new report tit…

Pirelli to invest euro 100m in Slatina factory - old reports
Added: 21 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Slatina, Romania - A series of reports from Romania say Pirelli is to invest a…

Cheng Shin boosts retreading presence throughout Asia
Added: 21 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Penang, Malaysia-Taiwan's Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co. Ltd. is expanding its …

YTC offers OE vs. aftermarket 'tyre tips'
Added: 21 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Fullerton, California Stick with the OE tyre? Or go with an aftermarket alter…

Spanish motoring club warns over part-worn tyres
Added: 21 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Madrid - Spain's motoring club Real Automóvil Club de España (RACE) has warn…

News from elsewhere on the web (21 Nov 2012
Added: 21 Nov 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone to cut jobs across Europe
Added: 21 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels - Bridgestone has confirmed that it is planning to cut about 500 jobs…

TPMS is effective in combatting under-Inflation - NHTSA
Added: 20 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC - In a 58-page report, the United States-based organisation NHTS…

US investigation into automotive price-rigging wins first AVS scalp
Added: 20 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC - An executive at the Ohio subsidiary of a Japanese automotive s…

Dyneon achieves co-moulding in FKM and polyamide 4,6
Added: 20 Nov 2012
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Neuss, Germany - Dyneon said it has made a 2-K injection moulded automotive co…

News from elsewhere on the web (20 Nov 2012)
Added: 20 Nov 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

NR prices little changed overnight
Added: 20 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices were little changed during Tuesday's trading. On Tokyo…

Apollo puts Cooper acquisition on hold-report
Added: 20 Nov 2012
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Mumbai, India - Following a poor Institutional response to a round of capital-…

Conti opens Timisoara automotive Tech centre
Added: 20 Nov 2012
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Timisoara, Romania - Continental has inaugurated a new R&D Centre in Timisoara…

Asia Carbon reports increase in Q3 revenues
Added: 20 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York - Revenues at Asia Carbon for the three months ended September 30, 20…

Michelin releases Winter tyres
Added: 20 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - Michelin has released new versions of two of its high performance Wint…

JSR fire - plant to re-start
Added: 20 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Yokkaichi, Japan - Following the lifting of all site preservation orders at th…