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GITI Tire invests in conservation efforts
Added: 27 Feb 2008
Bali, Indonesia -- GITI Tire (China) Investment Co. Ltd. is donating $1 million for conservation pr…

Lanxess confirms Singapore as site for huge halobutyl plant
Added: 26 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG has confirmed that the chemical park on Juro…

Goodyear wants to triple truck tyre output at Debica unit
Added: 26 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Debica, Poland -- Goodyear has announced investment plans for its majority-own…

Pirelli to put MIRS, CyberTire into Turin plant
Added: 26 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Turin, Italy -- Pirelli has announced a Euro 140 million project with the Cit…

Michelin raises tyre prices across Europe
Added: 26 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin has announced that it is raising the price of its car/light …

Apollo breaks ground on Indian OTR tyre plant
Added: 26 Feb 2008
Tire Business staff report
Limda, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd. has broken ground in Limda for a Rs 950…

Czech company offers self-inflating tyre technology
Added: 26 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Prague, Czech Republic -- A Czech company is offering a system which can use r…

NR futures fall after reaching $3 / kg
Added: 26 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- NR futures for August delivery fell back on Tuesday after opening at…

Solutia, banks agree on funding to exit Chapter 11
Added: 26 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
St Louis, Missouri -- Solutia Inc. said it has reached an agreement with a con…

Liberia, BFS sign amended rubber concession agreement
Added: 26 Feb 2008
ire Business staff report
Monrovia, Liberia -- Bridgestone/Firestone (BFS) and the government of Lib…

GPX to close Ontario plant, move production
Added: 26 Feb 2008
Tire Business staff report
Mississauga, Ontario -- GPX International Tire Corp. plans to close its s…

Asahi Kasei to expand capacity for S-SBR in Japan
Added: 22 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Tokyo -- Asahi Kasei Chemicals plans to increase capacity for solution-polymer…

News from elsewhere on the web 22/Feb/2008
Added: 22 Feb 2008
(9 items) London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

R&M releases report on the Polish tyre replacement market
Added: 22 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Research and Markets has added “Snapshots Poland Replacem…

Cooper appoints director of N American supply chain
Added: 22 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Findlay, Ohio -- The Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. has appointed Kurt Thomas as…

Dunlop to begin work on tyre retreading facility in Asia
Added: 22 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Birmingham, UK --Â Dunlop Aircraft Tyres has begun preliminary ground work and…

BFNT extends premium truck, retread tyre warranties in the US
Added: 22 Feb 2008
Tire Business staff report
Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire (BFNT) L…

Toyo downgrades forecast despite positive results
Added: 22 Feb 2008
Tire Business staff report
Tokyo - Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. reported double-digit sales and earni…

Conti picks South Carolina site for new US HQ
Added: 22 Feb 2008
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Continental Tire North America Inc. will relocate its headquarters' co…

TÜV SÜD to hold driving seminar in Germany this April
Added: 22 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Garching, Germany -- TÜV SÜD Automtovie GmbH will hold a practical driving s…