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Bekaert to raise steel cord prices
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Kortrijk, Belgium - Bekaert has announced a rise in the prices of steel cord e…
EC issues draft regulation on TPMS, tyre noise, wet grip
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- the EC has published the long-awaited draft regulation on vehicle …
SUVs exempt from tyre noise rules, claims T&E
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- The lobby group. Transport & Environment claims the new rules offe…
News from elsewhere on the web (23 May 2008)
Added: 23 May 2008
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Michelin comes top in JD Power's Japanese winter tyre survey
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo, Japan -- For a fifth consecutive year, Michelin ranks highest in satisf…
KKPC reacts to escalation of Flexsys' action
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. of Seoul, Korea ("KKPC"), …
Bridgestone issues preliminary report on 'inappropriate payments'
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has issued an interim report from its Investigation…
Bridgestone opens non-tyre R&D centre
Added: 23 May 2008
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Yokohama, Japan -- Bridgestone Corp. has officially opened its Research and De…
Tokyo rubber jumps to 28-year high
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Natural rubber prices continue to test the highs. In India, prices a…
Fuel economy record for Michelin and Peugeot
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Australia -- Michelin's Energy Saver tyres have contributed to a new fuel econ…
Mitsui opens metallocene EPDM line in Japan
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ichihara, Japan -- Mitsui has begun producing metallocene EPDM from its new un…
Sumitomo expanding China plant
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Changshu, China -- Japan's Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) will invest …
Flexsys to close Welsh facility, exit market for three chemicals
Added: 22 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ruabon , Wales -- Flexsys said it is to lose its rubber chemicals facility at …
Conti wins sponsorship deal with FIFA's 2010 world cup in S Africa
Added: 22 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG ihas been named an Official Sponsor of the…
Tokyo rubber rises above $3 /kg
Added: 22 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices for natural rubber continue to increase, following the surge i…
Researchers discover how condoms break
Added: 22 May 2008
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Cambridge, UK -- A group of workers at the SSL research centre in Cambridge ha…
News from elsewhere on the web (22 May 2008)
Added: 22 May 2008
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Toyo budgets $520M for expansions in Asia, US
Added: 22 May 2008
OSsaka, Japan -- Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. is moving ahead with plans to expand its global capaci…
Study looks at US hose, belt gasket business
Added: 22 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Palo Alto, California -- A new study from Frost & Sullivan looks at the North …
News from elsewhere on the web (21 May 2008)
Added: 21 May 2008
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