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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…