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EU commercial vehicle regs continue decline

Added: 26 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Brussels -- European demand for commercial vehicles declined further in Sept…

Goodyear US income up 67%, sales drop globally

Added: 26 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Akron, Ohio - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s North American Tire business made…

CGS invests in Slovenia

Added: 26 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Prague - Czech rubber company CGS Holding a.s. has acquired the rubber manuf…

Superior Seals opens UK O-ring academy

Added: 26 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Ferndown, UK - Superior Seals, a UK O-ring manufacturer, has celebrated the …

News from elsewhere on the web (26 Oct 2012)

Added: 26 Oct 2012

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Yokohama recognised for use of recycled rubber powder

Added: 26 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd says its Tire Materials Development Depa…

Hankook exclusive tyre supplier to 2012 City Challenge in Baku

Added: 26 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Neu-Isenburg, Germany - Premium tyre manufacturer Hankook says it will exclu…

Lehigh European project moving along

Added: 26 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (TB)

By Tire Business staff

Toronto - Lehigh Technologies Inc.'s plans to produce …

Conti adds new steering axle tyre size

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Hanover, Germany -- Continental has added a 385/65 R 22.5 version of the Gen…

Goodyear forms partnership to improve safety of young drivers

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

London -- Goodyear and the European Driving Schools Association (EFA) have f…

Dow to build EPDM plant in US

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Midland, Michigan - Dow Chemical has announced plans to build a new plant to m…

Crespo blasts tyre labelling rules

Added: 25 Oct 2012

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

Brussels -- Jorge Crespo, European General Manager for Infinity Tyres has s…

Titan reports record Q3 sales and profit

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Quincy, Illinois - Titan International's third quarter sales were a 'record'…

Sales up at Solvay despite weak Rhodia results

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Orléans, France - Solvay, the parent company of rubber chemical business Rh…

NR prices rise overnight

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

London - Rubber prices rose strongly overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, pri…

News from elsewhere on the web (25 Oct 2012)

Added: 25 Oct 2012

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Goodyear wins Fusion fitments

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has won OE fitments on the 2013 Fusion models from Ford…

Renault's Motrio brand sells 1m tyres

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris - The after-market tyre brand Motrio made for Renault has reached 1 mill…

DuPont to cut 1,500 jobs

Added: 25 Oct 2012

By Frank Esposito, Crain staff (PN)

Wilmington Delaware -- Poor third-quarter financial results are…

Charges dropped against former Bridgestone scientist

Added: 25 Oct 2012

By Miles Moore, Crain staff (TB)

Cleveland, Ohio -- The federal government has dropped all charges …