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Mitas tyres to feature more prominently in the UK market
Added: 17 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
London - Mitas Tyres Ltd has announced that its Mitas-brand will feature more…

News from elsewhere on the web (17th Nov)
Added: 17 Nov 2011
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Re…

Russia firm Tatneft showcases tyre making facilities
Added: 17 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Almetyevsk, Russia - Russia petrochemical company Tatneft-Neftekhim recently …

Korea's voluntary tyre label scheme comes into force
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Korea is to introduce mandatory labels for tyres from November…

Fleet management company calls for cost-benefit analysis on winter tyres
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- A UK-based fleet management services company says fleet managers sho…

China's rubber industry grew 19% in Jan-Sept.
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- The rubber industry in China generated 19 percent more sales in the…

NR prices largely unchanged on Tuesday
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices remained stable overnight. As a result of the sharp fa…

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

Asahi Kasei breaks ground at innovation centre
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kanagawa, Japan -- Asahi Kasei Chemicals has held a groundbreaking ceremony fo…

Semperit announces improved sales, profits in Q3
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Vienna, Austria -- Semperit Group saw rising sales and profits in the first ni…

Debica reports sales up 39 percent in Q3
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Debica, Poland -- In the three months to 30 Sept, 2011 Tire Company Debica S.A…

Ford: 68% of US drivers have poor opinion of automaker's fuel economy
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Detroit, Michigan (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. said 68 percent of US consumer…

Michelin awards turnkey contract to Technip for Thai rubber plant
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin Siam Co., Ltd. has awarded to Technip a lump sum turnkey en…

Indian tyre industry poised for massive growth - report
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Noida, india -- RNCOS has published a new report titled, Indian Tyre Industry …

Tires Unlimited files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Dayton, Ohio -- Tires Unlimited Inc., a combination brick-and-mortar and Inter…

Agritechnica sees wave of launches in tyres, technology
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- For those in the agricultural business, the opening today…

TPC sees 'abrupt decline' in prices, demand for butadiene
Added: 14 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- Michael McDonnell, president and CEO of TPC, the Houston-bas…

NR Prices recover over the weekend as producers plan support at $3.50
Added: 14 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices remained stable over the weekend. As a result of the s…

News from elsewhere on the web (14 Nov 2011)
Added: 14 Nov 2011
(25 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

China's SR industry grows to world's biggest
Added: 14 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- China says its synthetic rubber industry is now the world's biggest…