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Japanese auto production in July was down by 9%
Added: 31 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Japanese automobile production in July 2011 was recorded as 790,325 u…

News from elsewhere on the web (31 August 2011)
Added: 31 Aug 2011
(9 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Hankook urges owners to check tyres on horsebox trailers
Added: 31 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Daventry, UK -- Tyre failures accounted for approximately 30 percent of all ho…

Rubber prices on 31 August
Added: 31 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract remaine…

Machine makers show their might at Fakuma
Added: 31 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (PRW)
By David Vink, Crain news (PRW)
London -- At Fakuma, Arburg (A3 3101) celebrat…

Bridgestone may not have enough tyres
Added: 30 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Bridgestone has confirmed that it has told Japanese car makers that i…

SchäferRolls buys out partner in Sava-Schäfer
Added: 30 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kranj, SLovenia -- Roll cover manufacturer and roll systems supplier SchäferR…

Wacker to launch fire-retardant silicones at Fakuma
Added: 30 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Munich - Wacker Chemie will be presenting two new liquid silicone rubber grade…

Thai researchers improve rubber yields
Added: 30 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bangkok -- Researchers at Thailand's Prince of Songkla University have created…

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

Lehigh makes progress in quest for marketplace acceptance
Added: 30 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
By Edward Noga, Crain News Service
AKRON-“Show me.†That pretty well sums u…

Rubber prices on 30 August
Added: 30 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract jumped …

Bridgestone sales companies are re-certified to ISO 9001
Added: 30 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Bridgestone Europe has been re-certificated to ISO 9001:2008 for i…

Low supply. low demand keeps rubber prices high
Added: 29 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Although demand for natural rubber has eased over the summer, …

Data on Japan's motor industry revealed
Added: 29 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Japan's Automobile Manufacturer's Association (JAMA) has released its…

California approves tyre pressure bill, considers recycling measure
Added: 29 Aug 2011
By Miles Moore, Senior Washington Reporter (TB)
Sacramento, California -- The California legislature…

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

NR prices for 29 August
Added: 29 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract remaine…

Bridgestone develops 5-inch semi-conductor wafer
Added: 29 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- In a development unrelated to tyres, but showing Bridgestone's increa…

Xingda sold less truck tyre cord in first half
Added: 26 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hong Kong -- Xingda International Holdings Limited, a Chinese producer of stee…