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Dunlop to begin work on tyre retreading facility in Asia

Added: 22 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

Birmingham, UK -- 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…

Conti posts record earnings; expects synergies of Euro 300 m in 2010 from VDO acquisition

Added: 21 Feb 2008

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Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG announced that its consolidated sales for t…

News from elsewhere on the web 21/Feb/2008

Added: 21 Feb 2008

(7 items) London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Magnum appoints rubber specialist

Added: 21 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

Fort Lauderdale, Florida --Magnum D'Or Resources Inc. has appointed Michel Bou…

GreenMan continues winning streak

Added: 21 Feb 2008

Tire Business staff report

Savange, Minnesota - Tyre recycler GreenMan Technologies Inc. has reporte…

Michelin wins consolidation of Pax lawsuits in Maryland court

Added: 21 Feb 2008

Tire Business staff report

Baltimore - The US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has granted…

Rhodia's new subsidiary to oversee Chinese silica facility

Added: 21 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

Lyon, France -- Rhodia has formed a new company -- RSQC (Rhodia Silica Qingdao…

SSL buys 18 percent stake in condom distributor for eastern Europe

Added: 21 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

London -- Condom manufacturer SSL International plc will buy an 18 percent sta…

And the Tire Expo winners were...

Added: 20 Feb 2008

Cologne, Germany -- The first annual awards for the tyre industry saw Michelin, Bridgestone, Herber…

French researchers develop 'self-healing' rubber

Added: 20 Feb 2008

Paris - A group of French researchers has published a paper on self healing rubber  in the

prestigi…

Rhodia's new Zeosil range extends grip-wear-fuel triangle yet more

Added: 20 Feb 2008

Cologne, Germany -- Rhodia has introduced a new range of high-surface area silica materials that it…

US DOT issues 71 new tyre plant codes

Added: 20 Feb 2008

Tire Business staff report

Washington DC - The US Department of Transportation (DOT) issued 71 new t…

Amtel resumes production at its Kirov plant

Added: 20 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

Moscow, Russia - Amtel-Vredestein NV has announced that production at its Amte…

Rubber group to hold seminar on ageing elastomers in London

Added: 20 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

London -- The Rubber in Engineering Group of the Institute of Materials and Mi…

US president of RMA resigns

Added: 20 Feb 2008

Washington DC -- Donald Shea, US Rubber Manufacturers Association president and CEO since 1997, has…

Michelin sales up 4.5% in North America

Added: 20 Feb 2008

Tire Business staff report

Greenville, South Carolina -- Michelin North America Inc. reported sales …