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Bridgestone tops J D Power's OE Asian tyre study
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone ranks highest in customer satisfaction with original equi…

EU car sales continued decline in September
Added: 16 Oct 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- In September, new passenger car registrations continued their down…

Indian Rubber Board publishes plans for 2013
Added: 16 Oct 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottayam, India - India's Rubber Board has published its Framework plan for th…

News from elsewhere on the web (16 Oct 2012)
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Xiangyu adds 40kt of anti-oxidant 4020
Added: 16 Oct 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanxi, China -- Shanxi Xiangyu Chemical has added 40,000 tonnes of annual cap…

NR prices ease downwards on Tuesday
Added: 16 Oct 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices fell slightly overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, pri…

Huber raises prices for silica globally
Added: 16 Oct 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Atlanta, Georgia -- Huber Engineered Materials has announced a global price in…

Reliance posts record revenues in 6 months
Added: 16 Oct 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India - Reliance Industriesl Ltd said total corporate revenues increas…

Indian car sales and production growth turned negative In September
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ERJ staff report (DS)
New Delhi - The growth rate of new car production in India fell to just 2.4 pe…

European, N American TPMS markets studied
Added: 16 Oct 2012
London - Frost & Sullivan has published a new report titled, Strategic Analysis of the North Americ…

UK tyre Industry studied
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London - TechSci research has published a new report titled, United Kingdom Tyres Market Forecast a…

Lotus recalls 80 vehicles in US for hose problems
Added: 16 Oct 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington DC -- Lotus Cars USA Inc. is recalling 80 Lotus Evoras manufactur…

Aston Martin recalls vehicles for TPMS issues
Added: 16 Oct 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- Aston Martin has recalled 169 V12 Vantage Coupes, model year…

JATMA profiles tyre industry of Japan 2012
Added: 15 Oct 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Japan's production of automobile tyres in 2011 increased by 1.2% from …

Tokai to build Polish AVS factory
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Zaguju Poland - Tokai Rubber Industries is planning a factory to make anti-vib…

China publishes tyre prices in September
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- The China Rubber Industry Association has published the selling pr…

Tokyo NR prices trending downwards
Added: 15 Oct 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices fell somewhat over the week. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange,…

Sumitomo launches high-tech tyre manufacturing system
Added: 15 Oct 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kobe, Japan - Reports suggest that Sumitomo Rubber Industries has introduced a…

Malaysian NR production fell in August
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's production of natural rubber (NR) fell in August 201…

Freudenberg buys stake in Schneegans
Added: 15 Oct 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany -- Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is acquiring 50 percent …