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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

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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…