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Indian tyre market studied
Added: 14 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- RNCOS has published a new report titled, Indian Radial Tyre…

Nokian holds winter truck tyre test in Lapland
Added: 14 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Nokian, Finland - Nokian Tyres has reported the results of what it calls a  

Point S expands into South Africa
Added: 14 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
London - Tyre dealer association Point S Development is launching in South Af…

Michelin Dundee to slow production as market shrinks
Added: 14 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Dundee, UK - Michelin is to reduce output at its Dundee factory over the next…

Eni rebrands Polimeri Europa as Versalis
Added: 11 May 2012
By Charlotte Eyre, EPN
Eni has rebranded its Italy-based chemicals division as Versalis and announce…

Malaysian NR output up in March
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia's natural rubber production in March this year was 67…

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

Pirelli Tyre CEO Gori leaving company
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Milan, Italy (May 10, 2012) - Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. CEO Francesco Gori is leavin…

Pirelli revamps executive structure
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Milan, Italy - Pirelli & C. S.p.A. Chairman and CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera w…

Pirelli expects slowdown, cuts investment plans
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy - Aside from the turmoil over its management structure, Pirelli r…

Solid Q1 sales growth at Yokohama
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that its sales and earnin…

NR prices resume downward trend
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices resumed their downward trend overnight. Tokyo's Tocom E…

Sealcorp to move, expand in Indiana
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Evansville, Indiana - SealCorp USA, a maker of rubber-based adhesives and seal…

Full-year sales fell at Zeon
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Zeon Corp reported lower sales, and profit for the 12 months to 31 Mar…

Delticom reports flat Q1 sales on mild winter weather
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany - Delticom AG, Europe's largest online tyre retailer said rev…

Cooper-Standard posts higher sales, lower net income in Q1
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Novi, Michigan - The parent of Cooper-Standard Automotive reported a 46.7-pe…

Wacker signs agreement with Italian silicones compounder
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Munich, Germany - Wacker Chemie A.G. has signed an agreement with silicone r…

Smithers Rapra to serve as tyre reference lab
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Akron, Ohio - Smithers Rapra in the US has been chosen as the national tyre …

Full-year sales at Apollo jump 37% to over $2500 million
Added: 10 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai - Consolidated annual revenues at Apollo Tyres grew 37 percent to reach…

Cordiant plans tyre retail chain
Added: 10 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow - Russian tyre maker Cordiant has announced plans to set up a chain of…