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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…

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…