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CRIA releases tyre prices in June

Added: 21 Jun 2012

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Beijing -- The China Rubber Industry Association has published the selling pr…

Lanxess opens local office In Turkey

Added: 21 Jun 2012

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/Istanbull, Turkey - Lanxess AG has opened a new subsidiary in Istanbul calle…

Michelin launches bond issue

Added: 21 Jun 2012

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Luxembourg - Michelin has launched a bond issue worth around euro 400 million…

Yokohama continues with WTCC supply contract

Added: 21 Jun 2012

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Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., is to supply its global flagship brand …

German glove condom maker to use Vystar materials

Added: 21 Jun 2012

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Atlanta, Georgia - Vystar Corp and Ritex Gummiwarenfabrik GmbH, a German cond…

BMW's M6 to run exclusively on MIchelins

Added: 21 Jun 2012

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Clermont-Ferrand, France -- From its market launch in summer 2012, the BMW M6…

Nizhnekamskshina exhibited coloured tyres at Reifen

Added: 21 Jun 2012

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Essen, Germany -- The tyre unit of OAO Tatneft presented their products at Re…

Nexen's new plant is key to firm's growth goals

Added: 21 Jun 2012

By Bruce Davis, Tire Business staff

Changnyeong, South Korea -- Nexen Tire Corp. has begun limited…

2 firms join IRSG Panel of Associates

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Singapore -- Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. and Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd. ha…

Labels, silica and China

Added: 19 Jun 2012

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

I've been travelling around China's tyre industry and this evening had dinn…

And the world's biggest tyre maker is…. Lego

Added: 19 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Billund, Denmark - The toy maker Lego makes around 318 million tyres each ye…

A glimpse into the mind of a Chinese tyre maker

Added: 18 Jun 2012

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

This is more of a blog than a news story, but I'm in Guangzhou, having visi…

TrelleborgVibracoustic to begin operations from Q3

Added: 18 Jun 2012

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Weinheim, Germany -- The joint venture between the Freudenberg Vibracoustic Bu…

Ultra-low viscosity ACM adds to seal possibilities

Added: 18 Jun 2012

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Weinhein, Germany - Freudenberg said it has can now produce complex, filigree …

U.S. considering auto parts action versus China

Added: 18 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (AN)

Washington DC (Reuters) -- The United States is considering action against aut…

At last! Solutia settles with Sinorgchem

Added: 15 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

St Louis, Minnesota - Solutia, Jiangsu Sinorgchem Technology Co., Ltd. ("Sinor…

EU car registrations continued slowdown in May

Added: 15 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels - In May, demand for new passenger cars in the EU was down (-8.7 perc…

ERJ news service to be disrupted

Added: 15 Jun 2012

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London - ERJ will be travelling next week. We will attempt to update the websi…

Krahn to show expanded portfolio at DKT

Added: 15 Jun 2012

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Hamburg, Germany - Krahn Chemie is to show new materials at the DKT show next …

News from elsewhere on the web (15 June 2012)

Added: 15 Jun 2012

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…