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Added: 21 Jun 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Goodyear names Europe commercial VP
Added: 21 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Brussels -- Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe has appointed 11-year company veteran…

EChA names more chemicals for potential registration
Added: 21 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsink - EChA, the European Chemicals Agency charged with implementing REACH…

NR prices ease over the week
Added: 21 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices eased again over the week. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, p…

CRIA releases tyre prices in June
Added: 21 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- The China Rubber Industry Association has published the selling pr…

Lanxess opens local office In Turkey
Added: 21 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
/Istanbull, Turkey - Lanxess AG has opened a new subsidiary in Istanbul calle…

Michelin launches bond issue
Added: 21 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Luxembourg - Michelin has launched a bond issue worth around euro 400 million…

Yokohama continues with WTCC supply contract
Added: 21 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
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
ERJ staff report (DS)
Atlanta, Georgia - Vystar Corp and Ritex Gummiwarenfabrik GmbH, a German cond…

BMW's M6 to run exclusively on MIchelins
Added: 21 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Clermont-Ferrand, France -- From its market launch in summer 2012, the BMW M6…

Nizhnekamskshina exhibited coloured tyres at Reifen
Added: 21 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
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
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany -- The joint venture between the Freudenberg Vibracoustic Bu…

Ultra-low viscosity ACM adds to seal possibilities
Added: 18 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
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…