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Ceat starts journey to TQM
Added: 24 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India - In its 2011-2012 annual report, Indian tyre maker Ceat Ltd sai…

News from elsewhere on the web (24 August 2012)
Added: 24 Aug 2012
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Maxxis Introduces computerised label system
Added: 24 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Maxxis is disseminating tyre label data to customers through its own…

Pirelli introduces Scorpion winter tyre
Added: 24 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Rome, Georgia -- Pirelli Tire North America Inc. is launching a winter versio…

Baartman named mgr. of Conti's S.C. tyre plant
Added: 24 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Sumter, South Carolina -- Continental Tire the Americas L.L.C. (CTA) has name…

Complaints directed to human resources constitute protected activity: Court
Added: 24 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (BI)
A complaint made to a human resources vice president about a colleague's raci…

Cooper confirms layoffs at UK plant
Added: 23 Aug 2012
Melksham, UK -- Cooper Tire Europe has confirmed local press reports that it is to lay off about 50…

Zeon marks completion of HNBR line in Kawasaki
Added: 23 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kawasaki, Japan - Zeon Corp has held a ceremony to mark the opening of its new…

Skellerup reports record sales and profits, despite earthquakes
Added: 23 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand rubber processor, Skellerup Holdings has…

China issues new policy on retreading
Added: 23 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - China's Ministry of Industry has released new rules on tyre retreadi…

China announces new rules on scrap tyre management
Added: 23 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued n…

China publishes tyre prices in August
Added: 23 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- The China Rubber Industry Association has published the selling pr…

Tokyo NR prices stronger on Thursday
Added: 23 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices trended upwards on Thursday. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange,…

News from elsewhere on the web (23 August 2012)
Added: 23 Aug 2012
(22 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

West begins construction on plant in India
Added: 23 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Lionville, Pennsylvania -- West Pharmaceutical India Packaging Ltd. has laun…

China proposes new standards for the rubber Industry
Added: 23 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - A series of new national standards relating to the tyre and rubber i…

Goodyear settles motorcycle tyre suit
Added: 23 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Auston, Texas -- Goodyear has reached an undisclosed settlement with a Texas…

Hankook claims 20% of China's replacement tyre market - report
Added: 23 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - In a long report that appears to come from Hankook in China, the CRI…

Sumitomo breaks ground on Thai agri tyre plant
Added: 22 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Rayong Province, Thailand -- On August 2nd, Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand), a 100%…

Ed Auslander named CEO at Lord Corp as McNeel retires
Added: 22 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cary, North Carolina -- Lord Corp. said Rick McNeel, chairman, president and C…