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Australia hits Marine Hose cartellists with euro 5.6 million fines
Added: 14 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melbourne, Australia -- The Federal Court in Melbourne has ordered four suppli…

US EPA names isoprene as potential carcinogen
Added: 14 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC - The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing that 16 ch…

Malaysian rubber production rose slightly in February
Added: 14 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia produced 81 031 tonnes of natural rubber in February …

NHTSA´s ´final´ tyre-efficiency rule still needs work; differences on details exist
Added: 14 Apr 2010
By Miles Moore, ERJ staff (TB)
WASHINGTON (April 13, 2010) - tyre industry stakeholders acknowledge …

French company hosts rubber days on 1, 2 June
Added: 14 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Vitry sur Seine, France -- The Chevalier-Cleret group has announced its 7th an…

Irish tyres need E-marking from April
Added: 14 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Ireland became the last country in the EC to require tyres …

News from elsewhere on the web (14 April 2010)
Added: 14 Apr 2010
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Forbo to sell much of stake in Reiter
Added: 14 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
BAAR, Switzerland (April 13, 2010)-Forbo Holding AG said it is cutting its s…

Goodyear's Kramer takes office as CEO, president
Added: 14 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Akron, Ohio -- During Goodyear's 2010 annual shareholders meeting, Richard Kra…

Schrader Electronics sponsors online TPMS resource for the US
Added: 14 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Altavista, Virginia -- Schrader today announced its sponsorship of a new onlin…

DSM Elastomers joins IISRP
Added: 14 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (April 13, 2010)-DSM Elastomers Europe B.V. has …

Conti offers Clairoix workers jobs in Tunisia at euro 137/month - report
Added: 14 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Clairoix, France -- Continental has, as part of its legal obligations to emplo…

Further developments in Flexsys 4-ADPA case
Added: 14 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
St Louis, Missouri -- Flexsys said a Korean court has rejected an appeal by Si…

Casumina profits soar in 2009
Added: 13 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam -- Sales rose while profits soared in 2009 at Vietna…

US owners beginning to trust their TPM systems - J D Power
Added: 13 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Westlake Village, California -- Releasing its annual report into OE tyre satis…

Tyre cord industry studied
Added: 13 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Global Industry Analysts has published a new report titled,…

Nokian says prototype tyre rolls futher than leading brand
Added: 13 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nokia Finland -- Nokian Tyres last month held a demonstration in which they ro…

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

Michelin to add retreading to US aircraft tyre unit
Added: 13 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Norwood, North Carolina -- Michelin North America Inc. plans to invest $11.3…

Shandong Linglong expects exports to reach $750 million in 2009
Added: 13 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shandong, China -- The Linglong rand of tyres has been recognised by a series …