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MEPS vote for restraint on raw material consumption
Added: 16 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (RPN)
London - Members of the European Parliament (MEPS) have adopted a report aime…

Conference on East European tyre industry set for 20-21 October
Added: 16 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Vienna - The 5th CEE Rubber & Tire Markets Summit takes place on 20-21 October…

Global BR market studied
Added: 16 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Merchant Research & Consulting, Ltd. has published a new report tit…

Three more become IRSG Associates
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Three more organisations: Aspinwall & Co. Ltd, Mitsubishi Corpora…

Analysts say Avon Rubber to grow further
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Stock analysts Edison Investment Research Limited has published a rep…

CRIA publishes prices of rubber materials in China
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- The China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) has published a compre…

China's tyre industry faces challenges in second half
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing the Tyre statistics branch of the China Rubber Industry Association (C…

Semperit extends Ehrenfeldner's board position until 2015
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Vienna -- The Supervisory Board of Semperit AG Holding has extended the employ…

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

Nano-generator for TPMS described
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Atlanta, Georgia -- Prof. Zhong Lin Wang at Georgia Tech has published a paper…

Tokai established logistics base in Kitakyushu to serve China
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kitakyushu, Japan -- Tokai has set up a new distribution centre in Japan's Fuk…

LandRover shows driver-actuated tyre spikes at IAA
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Frankfurt, Germany -- Land Rover has included driver-controlled and retractabl…

DuPont wins $919m aramid IP case against Kolon: Kolon to appeal
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Wilmington, Delaware -- DuPont said it has won a civil lawsuit for $919.9 mill…

Canadian students asked to make art out of old tyres
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Toronto, Ontario -- A new design challenge has been launched asking Ontario st…

Rubber prices on 15 September
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract rose by…

Goodyear adds retread unit in Slovenia - confirmed
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Slovenia -- Goodyear is investing up to euro 6 million to add retreading at it…

US auto repair shops recycle tyres
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bethesda, Maryland -- Up to 88 percent of US auto repair shops report they rec…

Nexen adds tyre warehouse in Germany
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Fulda, Germany -- Nexen Tyre Europe GmbH has opened its own 2,000 m2 warehouse…

Lehigh raising prices for rubber powders
Added: 15 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Atlanta, Georgia -- Lehigh Technologies Inc. said it is raising the price of…

Industry challenged to 're-invent' the tire
Added: 14 Sep 2011
By Bruce Davis, Crain staff (TB)
Fairlawn,
Ohio (Sept. 13, 2011) -- A General Motors Co. executive,…