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Hankook develops new radial truck tyre range
Added: 7 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Neu-Isenburg, Germany - Hankook Tire has developed a new radial tyre concept f…

Yokohama helps Philippines typhoon victims
Added: 7 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Clark Freeport, Philippines - Yokohama Tire Philippines Inc. (YTPI) has extend…

News from elsewhere on the web (07 October 2009)
Added: 7 Oct 2009
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ProDek aims to increase its Internet awareness
Added: 7 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Los Angeles, California - ProDek Inc, a US-based recycled rubber surfacing com…

US hose and belt market studied
Added: 7 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Supplier Relations US has published a new report titled, Ru…

Kraton raises TPE prices again
Added: 6 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- Kraton has announced price increases for its SBS and SEBS ma…

Alliance makes first tyres at Indian factory
Added: 6 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tirunelveli, India -- Alliance Tire has produced the firdt tyres from its new …

Arkema launches bio-sourced TPE materials
Added: 6 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Arkema has introduced Pebax Rnew100, a range of thermoplastic elastom…

Du Pont marks 25 years of the CVJ boot
Added: 6 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Troy, Michigan -- DuPont is marking 25 years of supplying its Hytrel material …

News from elsewhere on the web (06 Oct 2009)
Added: 6 Oct 2009
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Cooper to hike capacity, go to 7-day production at Arkansas factory
Added: 6 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
FINDLAY, Ohio (Oct. 5, 2009) - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will increase capacity…

US - Jury orders Michelin to pay nearly $12 million in Texas tyre liability case
Added: 6 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (Oct. 5, 2009) - A Texas jury has ordered Michelin North A…

Conti, MAG stop talking over future of Clairoix
Added: 5 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental has said it is no longer talking to Middle-Ea…

Kraton Polymers planning IPO
Added: 5 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (PN)
Houston, Texas -- Kraton Polymers LLC - one of the world's largest styrenic bl…

News from elsewhere on the web (05 Oct 2009)
Added: 5 Oct 2009
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

USW ratifies new 4-year pacts with Bridgestone Americas
Added: 5 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- The United Steelworkers (USW) union´s members hav…

Lanxess welcomes EU tyre labelling rules
Added: 5 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG said it welcomes the compromise reached betw…

SSL to acquire Gainbridge
Added: 5 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
London -SSL International PLC has purchased Gainbridge Investments (Cyprus) …

Tyre industry achieves objectives with tyre labelling rules
Added: 2 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- The tyre industry has won almost all its objectives with the new t…

Indonesian earthquake creates NR uncertainty
Added: 2 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Padang, Indonesia -- A catastrophic earthquake in Sumatra, the largest islan…