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Triangle joins EU tyre group
Added: 2 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Triangle Tyre Company, one of China's largest tyre producers, is the …

Avon announces biggest-ever non-DoD contract.
Added: 2 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Avon Rubber said it has received its largest ever single non-US Depar…

Mitsui CEO to take 40% pay cut following fatal accident
Added: 1 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Iwakuni, Japan - Senior executives of Mitsui Chemical are to take pay cuts fol…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 May 2012)
Added: 1 May 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Kraton reports record sales volumes in Q1
Added: 1 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas - Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. has reported higher sales a…

Bridgestone begins expansion project at US OTR plant
Added: 1 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC (Bridgestone …

Michelin UK names head of Head of Truck and Bus Marketing
Added: 1 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stoke on Trent, UK - Sharn Samra, 35, has been appointed Head of Truck and Bus…

India Rubber Board names veteran as vice-chair
Added: 1 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottayam, India - Prof. K.K. Abraham, the well-known cooperative activist and …

Wang formally charged in trade secrets case
Added: 1 May 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Akron, Ohio - A former senior scientist for Bridgestone Americas has been fo…

Acquisition of Schrader completes
Added: 1 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Denver, Colorado - The acquisition of TPMS supplier Schrader International has…

NR markets quiet on 1 May
Added: 1 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Markets in Singapore, China and India were closed for the May Day hol…

China's SR industry studied
Added: 1 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland - Reports from China has published a new report titled, China …

Hong Kong firm aims to supply hard to find OTR tyres
Added: 1 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hong Kong - A Hong Kong company says it can supply giant, extreme load off-roa…

Hankook profits jump on higher Q1 sales-updated
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea - First-quarter consolidated operating profits at the Korean tyre…

Hankook to spin off tyre unit
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul - Hankook Tire is to be split off as a separate tyre business from the r…

Cooper names head of EU tech centre
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melksham, UK - Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe Ltd has appointed Peter McN…

Gajah Tunggal reports good growth in Q1
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jakarta - First-quarter sales, operating profits and EBITDA all increased at I…

Alliance Tire Group to set up greenfield plant in India
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India - Alliance Tire Group is planning to build a new green-field tyr…

Sinopec, Sibur announce JV, expansion for Krasnoyarsk NBR plant
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow - Sinopec is planning to take a 25 percent stake in Sibur's Krasnoyarsk…

China sets out roadmap to tyre labels
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - China will complete drafting of its green tyre standards by the end …