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Bridgestone to show airless concept tyre at Tokyo Motor Show
Added: 30 Nov 2011
Tokyo - Tokyo's 42nd Motor Show opens today and Bridgestone is showing an airless concept tyre. The…

MHI to move tyre, rubber machinery manufacture out of Japan
Added: 30 Nov 2011
Tokyo -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), will establish a new subsidiary to handle the ind…

News from elsewhere on the web (30 Nov 2011)
Added: 30 Nov 2011
(16 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Japanese car production up 20% on October 2010
Added: 30 Nov 2011
Tokyo -- Japan's production of cars in October 2011 was substantially ahead of the same month in 20…

Ford joins UK tyre lobby group
Added: 30 Nov 2011
London -- Ford of Britain has joined UK tyre lobby group, TyreSafe. Through its membership, Ford o…

Gummivogt marks 50 years of rubber
Added: 30 Nov 2011
Arnsberg, Germany -- A. Vogt GmbH & Co. KG (Gummivogt) has been making rubber products for over 50…

NR Prices ease slightly overnight
Added: 30 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices fell slightly overnight. On Tokyo's
Tocom Exchange, pri…

Construction under way on Conti's Russian plant
Added: 30 Nov 2011
Kaluga, Russia -- Continental A.G. laid the cornerstone on its $320 million car and light truck tyr…

Titan, Goodyear face Nov. 30 deadline for Euro farm tyre deal
Added: 30 Nov 2011
Akron, Ohio -- Titan International Inc.'s pending acquisition of Goodyear's European farm tyre busi…

EuroZone crisis leads to reduced NR output - ANRPC
Added: 29 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur - The latest ANRPC report on Natural Rubber takes the sub-title, …

News from elsewhere on the web (29 Nov 2011)
Added: 29 Nov 2011
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Russian authorities grant permission for Sibur to take control of Matador - Omskshina
Added: 29 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow - Sibur - Russian Tyres has said that Russia's ownership authorities ha…

3-D printed rubber robot offers locomotion
Added: 29 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts - Researchers at Harvard University have
developed a soft…

NR prices see little change overnight
Added: 29 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices remained unchanged overnight. On Tokyo's
Tocom Exchange…

Delticom UK pushes Winter tyres
Added: 29 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - While most UK motorists think it is important to stay
mobile in bad we…

Cooper Tire locks out union at Findlay plant
Added: 29 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Findlay, Ohio - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co has communicated an
immediate lockout o…

Unionised Cooper workers vote down tentative labour pact
Added: 29 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio -- Union workers at Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s
Findlay manufactur…

Hangzhou Zhongce shares sold to British Virgin Islands firm
Added: 29 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Hong Kong -- China Enterprises Ltd. has completed the sale of its
26-percent sh…

China's market for luxury goods dominated by under-30s
Added: 29 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - China's market for luxury goods is dominated by wealthy
individuals b…

ETRMA publishes statistical report
Added: 28 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- The European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association has publishe…