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Fire rips through Carlisle Tire plant
Added: 20 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Bowdon, Georgia - Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of an…

Giant elastomer plant set for Saudi by Sabic and ExxonMobil
Added: 19 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Basic Industries Corp and ExxonMobil Chemical ha…

Sumitomo Rubber aims to make oil-free tyre by 2013
Added: 19 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kobe, Japan -- Following on from the Enasave 97 product, Sumitomo Rubber Indus…

Bridgestone Europe lays out environmental commitments
Added: 19 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussles -- Bridgestone Europe NV/SA has published an updated environmental re…

News from elsewhere on the web (19 Nov 2008)
Added: 19 Nov 2008
(19 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Sigma-Vibracoustic wins Tata quality award
Added: 19 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- Sigma-Vibracoustic has been honoured with the 'best Quality A…

EChA prepares backup system in case REACH-IT gets saturated ahead of 1 Dec. deadline
Added: 19 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- For those companies who still have not pre-registered the…

Wacker, Dow Corning JV starts production
Added: 19 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Zhangjiagang, China -- Wacker Chemie AG and Dow Corning Corp. have started p…

UK replacement tyre market studied
Added: 19 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Snapdata International Group has published a new report tit…

Hankook to join ETRMA from January 2009
Added: 18 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Neu-Isenburg, Germany - Hankook Tire has won permission to join the European …

Two dead after mixer explodes at MarconiGomma -- reports
Added: 18 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bologna, Italy -- Two people have died and three are injured after a mixer exp…

US tyre makers hit hard by declining demand
Added: 18 Nov 2008
By Bruce Meyer, Crain News Service
Akron -- There's a storm brewing in the US tyre industry, and the…

RIEG to hold seminar on rubber recycling
Added: 18 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The UK-based the Rubber in Engineering Group is holding an afternoo…

Peggy Ballinger to retire from IISRP
Added: 18 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, I…

News from elsewhere on the web (18 Nov 2008)
Added: 18 Nov 2008
(25 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

EU car registrations fall sharply
Added: 17 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- car registrations in the EU have fallen sharply, according to data…

Carlisle Tire factory in Georgia damaged by fire -- reports
Added: 17 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Altanta, Georgia -- Local news reports suggest that a large fire at Carlisle …

Germany warns on state aid ahead of Opel talks
Added: 17 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (ANE)
Berlin (Reuters) -- The German government is ready to talk with troubled carm…

Toyota chooses Bridgestone Ecopia tyres for iQ vehicle
Added: 17 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is supplying Ecopia EP25 tyres as standard equipmen…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 Nov 2008)
Added: 17 Nov 2008
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…