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Sumitomo publishes annual report
Added: 22 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kobe, Japan - Sumitomo Rubber Industries has published its annual report for 2…

Bienvenue à Kraiburg TPE: maintenant en français
Added: 22 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Waldkraiburg, Germany - The website of Kraiburg TPE is now available in the Fr…

UK tyre safety organisation comes out against changing UK roadworthiness tests
Added: 22 Jun 2011
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London - UK tyre lobby group Tyresafe has come out against proposed changes to…

Bridgestone marks 50 years at Béthune plant
Added: 22 Jun 2011
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Béthune, France - Bridgestone celebrated 50 years of operations at the Béthu…

Michelin's Wilkerson to retire, succeeded by Selleck in US
Added: 22 Jun 2011
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Gree3nville, South Carolina -- Richard Wilkerson, Michelin North America Inc…

ERJ publisher, Paul Mitchell to retire
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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London -- Crain Communications Ltd has announced that Paul Mitchell, publisher…

Michelin confirms Miraton's departure
Added: 21 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Clermont-Ferrand, France -- Michelin has confirmed rumours that managing partn…

Trelleborg opens auto Tech centre in Shanghai
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Shanghai, China -- Trelleborg Automotive has inaugurated its new R&D center in…

Chinese tyre makers hold event to discuss EU tyre labels
Added: 21 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Yantai, China -- China's tyre industry is to hold a meeting to discuss the imp…

TSE Industries opens moulding shop in Changzhou
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Clearwater, Florida -- Florida-based TSE INdustries has opened a rubber mouldi…

News from elsewhere on the web (21 June 2011)
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Didier Miraton to quit Michelin board - report
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Paris -- Le Monde and local papers around Clermont-Ferrand are reporting that …

LeHigh claims 100 million tyres have been made with its post-consumer scrap
Added: 21 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Atlanta, Georgia -- Lehigh Technologies, a scrap tyre processor, said 100 mill…

Tigar reports sales up in 2010
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Pirot, Serbia -- President of Tigar AD Dragan Nikolic told shareholders that s…

Court throws out bid to take Goodyear runflat case to class action
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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New York -- A US Federal court has denied a claimant's bid to convert a lawsui…

EChA to work with Japanese authorities
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Helsinki, Finland -- Just a coupe of weeks fter announcing a cooperation with …

Cooper Tire will appeal OSHA citations at Tupelo plant
Added: 21 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tupelo, Mississippi - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. said it will contest the Occupa…

Saab says production halted 2 more weeks as supplier talks continue
Added: 21 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Stockholm, Sweden -- Swedish carmaker Saab, owned by Netherlands-based Swedish…

Report: Kumho strike in China ends
Added: 21 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Shanghai, China -- More than 400 workers at Kumho Tire Co.'s plant in northeas…

NR prices remain stable in Tokyo
Added: 21 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract was unchanged, tr…