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Unions to hold protest rally against Manuli
Added: 7 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ascoli Piceno, Italy -- The USB Union (Unione Syndicale di Base) in the Ascoli…

Chinese tyre market studied
Added: 7 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Research in China has published a new report titled, Global and Chin…

Video of Bridgestone's airless tyre appears online
Added: 7 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
YouTube -- Japanese technology company Diginfo has released a short video of B…

Koppers to close Australian carbon black plant
Added: 7 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Koppers Holding is closing its sole carbon black p…

Cooper Tire brings temporary workers to Findlay
Added: 7 Dec 2011
By William Schertz, Crain staff (TB)
Findlay, Ohio -- With contract talks between Cooper Tire & Rubb…

IISRP opens online registration for Venice meeting
Added: 7 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers …

Pirelli calendar 2012 unveiled in New York
Added: 7 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York -- The latest edition of the Pirelli Calendar was previewed last nig…

ERJ seeks information from exhibitors at Tire Technology 2012 - deadline today
Added: 7 Dec 2011
The next issue of ERJ will contain a preview of the TTE event in
Cologne, scheduled for next Februar…

Contitech to build hose plant in Serbia
Added: 5 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Subotica, Serbia -- ContiTech is to invest €10,070,000 in a new factory in S…

China initiates research into tyre labelling
Added: 5 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing, China -- Jiang Jian of China's Ministry of Industry and Information T…

Austrian university to develop rubber muscles
Added: 5 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Linz, Austria -- Prof. Siegfried Bauer and his team at the JKU Linz have won E…

News from elsewhere on the web (05 Dec 2011)
Added: 5 Dec 2011
(7 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Michelin attacks former Ladoux employee for unethical conduct - report
Added: 5 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ladoux - Michelin is attempting to penalise a former researcher who took up em…

Global Tyre Report now available for download
Added: 5 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London-- ERJ's annual report on the tyre industry is now available for downloa…

Textiles in rubber -- London meeting set for this Friday
Added: 5 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The UK-based Rubber in Engineering Group is hosting an afternoon tec…

RMA lowers 2011 tyre shipment forecast
Added: 5 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- The Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) has lowered its 20…

Lanxess signs long-term EPDM deal with Hwaseung
Added: 5 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- South Korea's tier-one automotive supplier, Hwaseung Corporati…

NR prices largely unchanged over the weekend
Added: 5 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices rose slightly over the weekend. On Tokyo's Tocom Excha…

Conti UK very concerned about enforcement of tyre labelling
Added: 2 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - David Smith, managing director ofContinental Tyre Group Ltd has said …

Conti launches e.contact tyre branding for electric vehicles
Added: 2 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Continental has introducing a new brand -- e.contact -- for tyres ai…