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ADAC publishes results of winter tyre tests
Added: 29 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Munich, germany -- ADAC, the influential German motorists' association, has pu…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 Sept 2008)
Added: 29 Sep 2008
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Challenges loom for auto supplier bosses
Added: 29 Sep 2008
Douglas Bolduc, Automotive News Europe
Supplier executives face difficult times as auto production s…

Cooper curtails N.A. operations due to materials shortage
Added: 26 Sep 2008
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has been forced to curtail production at all its North Am…

Four more join IRSG's panel of associates
Added: 26 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) said four more organi…

Uth GmbH has moved offices
Added: 26 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Fulda, Germany -- Uth GmbH has moved all its operations into a single unit. Th…

Consumer-based website publishes online reviews of tyres
Added: 26 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cyberspace -- Since 2000, consumers across Europe have been reviewing their ty…

Chinese market for smoked sheets studied
Added: 26 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- AMID has published a new report titled, Chinese Markets for…

News from elsewhere on the web (26 Sept 2008)
Added: 26 Sep 2008
(9 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Goodyear draws from revolving credit
Added: 26 Sep 2008
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear plans to draw $600 million from its US revolving credit facility because it…

Lord wins contract for Korean helicopter parts
Added: 26 Sep 2008
Cary, North Carolina -- Lord Corp. has won a contract to supply main and tail rotor spherical beari…

Yokohama attempts to build truck tyre business in Europe
Added: 25 Sep 2008
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Hanover, Germany -- Yokohama Europe GmbH is one year into a ten-year progra…

Goodyear focusses on truck tyres and retreadability at IAA
Added: 25 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Goodyear is highlighting its innovative Max Technology sys…

Conti introduces steer axle city tyres at IAA
Added: 25 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental Truck Tires presented the new HSU 1 M+S steer…

Bridgestone shows new super single at IAA
Added: 25 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Bridgestone has introduced a wide single tyre for truck dr…

ANRPC meeting set for 26 Nov in Bangkok
Added: 25 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) is …

NR prices fall rapidly
Added: 25 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices of natural rubber on the Tokyo Commodity exchange have been fa…

Michelin to temporarily close Dundee plant
Added: 25 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dundee, UK -- A Michelin spokesman has confirmed reports saying that it intend…

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

JK, Tornel ready for North America
Added: 25 Sep 2008
By Bruce Davis, Crain staff
Mexico City -- India's JK Tyre & Industries Ltd., the new owner of Mexic…