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US Administration finalises new fuel economy standards
Added: 1 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
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Washington DC -- The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has put the finis…
Yokohama plants trees at Virginia factory
Added: 1 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
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Salem, Virginia -- Yokohama Tire Corp. will hold a tree planting event April…
Trelleborg's rubber activities perform well
Added: 1 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg AB's rubber-related units have posted solid…
Desma announces, Bold, yet Modest initiatives as demand collapses
Added: 1 Apr 2009
Fridingen, Germany -- Facing an unprecedented collapse in the market for injection moulding machine…
Sicom sets up arbitration scheme to help traders hit by defaults
Added: 1 Apr 2009
Singapore -- Following the collapse in the price of natural rubber,
Sicom, Tocom and other markets h…
Natural rubber to join carbon credit system
Added: 1 Apr 2009
Singapore -- Malaysia and other NR-producing nations are working hard
to ensure that NR will become …
ECHA updates list of pre-registered substances
Added: 30 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency has published an upda…
Yokohama to exit aircraft tyre business
Added: 30 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., today announced its decision to retreat…
Exhibitors praise TyrexpoAsia09 as dates confirmed for 2011
Added: 30 Mar 2009
ERJ Staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Exhibitors attending the seventh staging of TyrexpoAsia in Singap…
Collmann launches tyre X-ray machine
Added: 30 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Lubeck, Germany -- Collmann has designed and built a completely new passenger …
New tyre trade show launched in US
Added: 30 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (BD)
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Akron, Ohio -- ERJ publisher Crain Communications Inc., with support of the …
Cooper-Standard reorganises operations, cuts salaried work force
Added: 30 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Novi, Michigan -- Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. has reorganised its operat…
Marangoni launches new range of retreaded car tyres
Added: 30 Mar 2009
Rovereto, Italy -
Marangoni has added 4x4 products and extreme patterns in 17-inch and
18-inch sizes …
California adopts mandatory tyre pressure check regulation
Added: 30 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Sacramento, California -- California auto repairers will be required to chec…
Russian SR capacity to increase
Added: 29 Mar 2009
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Singapore -- Nine capacity expansion projects for synthetic rubber are curr…
Tyre sales going downmarket
Added: 28 Mar 2009
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Singapore -- Buyers of passenger car tyres are seeking better prices in the…
China Sunsine to start insoluble sulphur production
Added: 28 Mar 2009
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Singapore -- China Sunsine claims to be the biggest producer of accelerator…
DSM Elastomers sale on hold
Added: 28 Mar 2009
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Singapore -- Maurits van Tol, global director of R&D at DSM Elastomers said…
New South Korea petrochemical report
Added: 27 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
UK - Business Monitor International has published a new report titled, South …
US trucking tonnage drops in February but up from January
Added: 27 Mar 2009
Tire Business staff report
Washington - US truck tonnage fell 9.2 percent in February from February…
