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Nynas to add hydrogen capacity in Sweden
Added: 1 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nynäshamn, Sweden - Nynas has opened a specialised hydrogen plant in in NynÅ

Bridgestone tops Group Michelin as No. 1 tyre maker
Added: 31 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
London - Bridgestone Corp. retained the title of world's No. 1 tyre maker in 2…

JAMA releases vehicle data for July
Added: 31 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- JAMA, the Japanese vehicle manufacturers' association has released pr…

TUV Rheinland opens tech centre in Bangkok
Added: 31 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bangkok, Thailand -- TUV Rheinland AG has officially opened its Global Technol…

Evonik launches new speciality silica materials
Added: 31 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Essen, Germany -- Evonik Industries has introduced two new speciality silica m…

News from elsewhere on the web (31 August 2010)
Added: 31 Aug 2010
(21 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

US proposes new labels for vehicle fuel economy, emissions
Added: 31 Aug 2010
By Neil Roland, ERJ staff (AN)
Washington DC -- Consumers shopping for new cars would be able to com…

William Tessmer, retired IISRP head, dies at 81
Added: 31 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- William Tessmer, longtime Exxon Chemical Co. executive who…

Conti, Bridgestone to show tyres at IAA Frankfurt
Added: 31 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Frankfurt, Germany -- Continental and Bridgestone have announced their plans f…

Hankook extends football sponsorship in Europe
Added: 31 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Neu Isenberg, Germany -- From season 2010/11, Hankook Tire will begin sponsori…

Goodyear enters next stage of debt restructuring
Added: 31 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has called all of its outsta…

Bridgestone Europe to raise tyre prices
Added: 30 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Bridgestone Europe NV/SA has announced that it will increase price…

ASTM develops test standard for truck, bus tyres
Added: 30 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania -- ASTM International Committee F09 on Tyres…

Denka to increase CR prices
Added: 30 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK said on 1 August that from 1 October it will in…

News from elsewhere on the web (30 August 2010)
Added: 30 Aug 2010
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

EChA begins discussions on 11 more substances of Very High Concern
Added: 30 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- Three EU Member States - Austria, Germany and the Netherl…

MTI Global sells assets, changes name
Added: 30 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
The company, founded in 1993 in Barrie, Ontario, as Magnifoam Technologies Inc…

US drops duty on Japanese polychloroprene
Added: 30 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington DC -- The US government has revoked a 55-percent antidumping duty…

Anvis restructures in wake of crisis
Added: 27 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Steinau an der Straße, Germany -- Anvis Deutschland GmbHhas appointed Othmar …

Maxxis building 5th plant in China
Added: 27 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Yuanlin, Taiwan -- Cheng Shin Rubber/Maxxis International has picked a site in…