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News from elsewhere on the web (17 March 2010)
Added: 17 Mar 2010
(28 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

US Senators change retread bill
Added: 17 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington DC -- Advocates of the US retread industry are happy about defusi…

Report discusses Kraton business
Added: 17 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Global Markets Direct has published a new report titled, Kraton Polym…

Apollo opens 150th tyre store
Added: 17 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres has opened its 150th Sales and Marketing
Office…

Report investigates US machinery business
Added: 17 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- IBISWorld has published a new report titled, Plastics & Rubber Mach…

Hexpol Acquires Vita TPE Compounding
Added: 16 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm -- Hexpol has agreed with the Vita Group to acquire VTC TPE Group. V…

EC car registrations up, but on a declining trend
Added: 16 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- New passenger car registrations in the EU increased by 3.0 percent…

Conti raises truck tyre prices
Added: 16 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Prices for commercial vehicle tyres from Continental's Eur…

News from elsewhere on the web (16 March 2010)
Added: 16 Mar 2010
(20 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

PRIM holds 50th anniversary conference
Added: 16 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Kuala Lumpur- Plastics and Rubber Institute Malaysia (PRIM) is celebrating its…

Chinese company to set up Gutta-Percha plantation
Added: 16 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Fuzhou City, China -- Hiru Corp. and its subsidiary Jiangxi RongYu Pharmaceuti…

Sure Tire intros new Summit tyres at annual meeting
Added: 16 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tucson, Arizona -- Sure Tire celebrated its 11th year of marketing the Summit …

Malaysia's NR production on the increase
Added: 15 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia's production of natural rubber (NR) in January 2010 r…

RMA sees 3 percent rebound in US tyre shipments
Added: 15 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- US tyre shipments are projected to increase this year by abou…

CGS opens office in Moscow
Added: 15 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow -- CGS Tyres is expanding its business activities on the Russian market…

H.B. Fuller to buy adhesives firm in Malaysia
Added: 15 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
St Paul, Minnesota --H.B. Fuller Co. has reached an agreement to buy all of th…

News from elsewhere on the web (15 March 2010)
Added: 15 Mar 2010
(25 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Hankook Europe appoints new motorsport chief
Added: 15 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Neu-Isenburg, Germany -- Hankook Europe has named Manfred Sandbichler (45) as …

Vibracoustic wins Toyota Achievement award
Added: 12 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany - Vibration control specialist Vibracoustic has received the…

Apollo launches Safe Drive project in Iran
Added: 12 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres has launched its Safe Drive initiative in Tehra…