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OTR tyre import duties sent back for review
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
NEW YORK (Oct. 30, 2009) - The U.S. Department of Commerce has until late Dece…

News from elsewhere on the web (02 Nov 2009)
Added: 2 Nov 2009
(19 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone to exit F1 after next season
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to withdraw from F1 sport at the end of the 2010…

Michelin links with badminton shoe company
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin has linked with French company Babolat to create the world's…

Tokai Rubber opens office in Shanghai
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China -- Tokai Rubber Industries has opened a representative office …

Conti, Hoosier in 'strategic alliance'
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Fort Mill, South Carolina- Continental Tire North America Inc. (CTNA) and Hoos…

Firestone counters Liberian government finding of water pollution
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Monrovia, Liberia -- Firestone Liberia has countered a government report fin…

Falken to distribute Ohtsu medium truck tyres in N. America
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Fontana, California -- Falken Tire Corp. will become the North American distri…

Rapra re-releases book on history of rubber greed
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shropshire, UK -- History, war, bloodshed and even romance ... it's all contai…

Yokohama's sales, earnings fall in first half
Added: 30 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., said sales in the six months to 30 Septem…

Yokohama to further expand Chinese plant
Added: 30 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. is to increase its Phase IV expansion of…

DSM to split Elastomers business - report
Added: 30 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- DSM is to split its elastomers business prior to a sale, according …

Yokohama Rubber Posts English CSR Report 2009
Added: 30 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co. has posted an English version of its Corporate…

Scrap tyre used to make self-illuminating pavement
Added: 30 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- A UK-based design company has developed a self-illuminating paving s…

News from elsewhere on the web (30 Oct 2009)
Added: 30 Oct 2009
(21 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Titan posts 3rd quarter net income loss, drop in sales
Added: 30 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
QUINCY, Ilinois -- Titan International Inc. suffered a net loss of $11.1 milli…

Tires & Rubber Moscow set for March 2010
Added: 30 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow -- The 13th International Exhibition and Conference for Tires, Rubber a…

Yokohama to launch new website
Added: 30 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has re-built the website for its global…

Yokohama plants more trees in Hangzhou
Added: 30 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., said three group companies in Hangzhou,…

Hevea genome decoded in Malaysia (Updated)
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Penang, Malaysia -- Researchers from the Centre for Chemical Biology at Univer…