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TRIB to increase number of board positions
Added: 6 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Falls Church, Virginia -- The US-based Tire Retread & Repair Information Burea…

Former Ford environmental exec joins Tire International board
Added: 6 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Moncks Corner, South Carolina -- Tyre recycling and rubber products maker Tire…

CRIA reports on first 5 months of 2011
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- China's rubber industry suffered in the first five months of 2011 f…

Toyo sets up Railway AVS company in China
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Wuxi, Jiangsu, China -- Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.is to establish a new comp…

Retail staff knowledge critical to beating internet sales channel - J D Power
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Increasing proportions of winter tyre owners in Japan are using the I…

News from elsewhere on the web (05 July 2011)
Added: 5 Jul 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

BTRC looking to sell 30 percent of shares
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels - Big Tyre Recycling Corp. (BTRC) is looking to raise around euro 2.5…

Calif. lobby group to sue US EPA over carbon
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
San Francisco, California -- An environmental lobby group in California has is…

Sensing skin made from TPE can detect concrete cracks
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Potsdam, Germany -- Civil engineers at the University of Potsdam in Germany an…

NR prices on Tue 5 July
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract eased slightly ov…

Butadiene monomer production jumps in China
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing, China -- Guangzhou CCM Information Science & Technology Co., Ltd has …

Saab gets green light from EIB for property deal
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Stockholm, Sweden (Reuters) -- The European Investment Bank said on Monday it …

Fenner buys Tasmanian belt maintenance company
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Marfleet, Hull, UK -- Fenner PLC said that on 1st July 2011 its wholly owned s…

Conti, Rohm&Haas, Lord win rubber-related patents
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
North Carolina -- A list of patents granted recently in North Carolina include…

Itochu completes acquisition of tyre retailer Kwik-Fit
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- PAI Partners has announced the successful completion of Itochu Corp.…

Freudenberg sells Actuator unit to partner
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany -- Freudenberg has agreed .to transfer its actuator business…

TV campaign to promote Dunlop bike tyres launches in UK
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Dunlop Tyres is launching a new TV advertising campaign in the UK. S…

CRIA seminar reports on low-temperature mixing
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- Last week, the Tyre branch of the China Rubber Industry Association…

Conti greenlights $320M Russian tyre plant
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Kaluga, Russia -- Continental AG has selected a site in Kaluga, about 100 mile…

Kraton raises SBS prices around the world
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- Kraton polymers has announced price increases for its SBS st…