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Nokian claims leadership in forestry tyre segment
Added: 15 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nokia, Finland - Nokian Heavy Tyres said it is the world's market leader in fo…

Cooper recalling SUV tyres under four brand names
Added: 15 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is recalling 10,236 radial SUV/light…

Pirelli buys leading Swedish tyre retailer (updated)
Added: 15 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Milan, Italy (June 13, 2012) - Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. has acquired Däckia Holdin…

Tyre sales mixed in May - Michelin
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin reports that tyre sales around the world were mixed, with ca…

Pirelli buys Swedish tyre retailer
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. has acquired Däckia Holding A.B., a Swedi…

Worker files racial discrimination suit against Goodyear
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
eaumont, Texas -- A production worker at Goodyear's Beaumont plant has filed…

ContiTech buys UK conveyor belt maker
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Thetford, UK - ContiTech conveyor belt unit has bought British conveyor belt m…

News from elsewhere on the web (14 June 2012)
Added: 14 Jun 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

US roofing company opens EPDM line
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Ohio - US-based Roofing supplier Johns Manville will on 22 June open a …

ContiTech to buy Freudenberg's brake component business
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany - Contitech has signed an agreement covering the purchase of…

CRIA leaders visit Tianjin Wanda Tyre Group
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tianjin, China - Tianjin Wanda Tyre Group Co., Ltd. has welcomed the leadersh…

China to use meteorology in rubber tapping
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Yunnan, China - Yunnan Province has launched a service to help rubber tapping,…

NR prices creep upwards
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices resumed their downward trend on Thursday. On Tokyo's T…

CRIA leaders visit Kumho Tianjin
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tianjin, China - A delegation from the CRIA visited Kumho's factory in Tianjin…

Toyo's Nanoenergy tyres to win A-B rating from October
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Toyo tyres intends to launch its Nano-Energy tyres to the European mar…

Toyo launches tyre specifically to Chinese market
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China - Toyo Tires in China has launched a car tyre under the Proxes…

Sinochem takes stake in Sinorgchem - report
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - A report on the CRIA website says Sinochem International, China's la…

Hevea seeds do not contain Linamarin
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur - Research scientists in Malaysia have concluded that oil from th…

Lanxess tells Wolfsburg forum about green tyres
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Wolfsburg, Germany - Lanxess is participating in the Industry forum in Wolfsb…

Indian Rubber Board offers prize for mechanisation
Added: 14 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottayam - The Indian Rubber Board is offering a reward of up to half a millio…