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Consumers to switch to 'Green' tyres.
Added: 2 Dec 2011
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Beijing -- The world's passenger car tyre consumers are moving to low roll…

Goodyear-Titan European farm tyre deal lapses
Added: 2 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Akron, Ohio - Titan International Inc.'s option to buy Goodyear's European f…

Hankook wins OE fitments across BMW 1-series
Added: 2 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Neu-Isenburg, Germany -- Korean tyre maker, Hankook is supplying high-performa…

Daetwyler sells Schattdorf energy centre
Added: 2 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Schattdorf, Switzerland -- Datwyler's Sealing Technologies Division has sold t…

News from elsewhere on the web (02 Dec 2011)
Added: 2 Dec 2011
(03 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

EC publishes amended tyre label regulation
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- The European Commission has updated its official tyre labelling re…

Mesnac buys Wyko
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Knoxville, Tennessee -- Qingdao Mesnac has bought all the shares in Wyko Tire …

'Green' tyres to make up 50% of Chinese market - Lanxess
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing, China -- Lanxess AG expects sales of low-rolling resistance car tyres…

Fenner buys US belt fabricator
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- UK-based belt maker Fenner PLC said its US subsidiary has acquired s…

BorgWarner sells tyre pressure monitoring business
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Detroit, Michigan -- BorgWarner Inc. said today it sold its tyre pressure moni…

Toyo launches NanoEnergy brand in Tokyo
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Osaka, Japan -- Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd is introducing a new low-rolling re…

Eastland Compounding marks 10 years since MBO
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Eastland, Manchester -- On 1 December 2001, a management buyout took the
old Vi…

NR prices jump 5% overnight
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices rose by about 5 percent overnight. On Tokyo's
Tocom Exc…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 Dec 2011)
Added: 1 Dec 2011
(08 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

CGS switches to Mitas name in Spain
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Zlin, Czech republic -- Following similar moves in Germany, the UK and elsewhe…

Goodyear updates marketing structure in Iberia
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Madrid -- Goodyear Dunlop Iberia has updated the structure of its marketing ac…

Marangoni fits Evoque with red tyres for Bologna
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bologna, Italy -- Marangoni's latest show car is a Range Rover Evoque HFI-R wi…

Global truck makers call for harmonisation of regulations
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- The world's leading manufacturers of heavy-duty commercial trucks and…

LWB Steinl to diversify following crisis
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Landshut, Germany -- Landshut-based injection moulding machine manufacturer LW…

MRF net profits jump for 12 months
Added: 1 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- Indian tyre maker MRF Ltd has reported strong increases in sa…