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US warning against 'latex free' claims
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Washington — The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a consumer advisory titled, “Don’t be M…

Update - UAE to enforce RFID tire-labelling from June
Added: 30 Mar 2015
London – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will require all tires imported into the country to carry …

Goodyear opens first R&D centre in China
Added: 27 Mar 2015
Pulandian, China – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has established its first development centre in China…

Goodyear opens new development center in China
Added: 27 Mar 2015
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear has established its first development in China to help service auto makers i…

Evonik to invest over €4bn in R&D over next 10 years
Added: 27 Mar 2015
Wesseling, Germany – German speciality chemical company Evonik has announced that it will be invest…

EU commercial vehicle demand up following 2014 decline
Added: 26 Mar 2015
Brussels – Demand for new commercial vehicles (CV) in the EU increased for the second consecutive m…

Exports buoy Italian machinery sector
Added: 26 Mar 2015
Milan - Exports of plastics and rubber machinery from Italy increased 5 percent during 2014, and lo…

Goodyear expands Dalian tire plant
Added: 26 Mar 2015
Liaoning, China – Goodyear is building facilities for the production of 2.08 million per year of se…

Trelleborg “breaks into” US tunnel market
Added: 26 Mar 2015
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg’s engineered products operation announced on 26 March that it has b…

Interview: Yokohama official details plans in US
Added: 26 Mar 2015
Santa Ana, California — The share of Yokohama Tire Corp.’s tires for sale in North America that are…

US aircraft retreader acquires UK distributor
Added: 26 Mar 2015
Montebello, California — Aircraft tire distributor and retreader Desser Tire & Rubber Co. LLC has a…

China rubber product exports up, tire investment down
Added: 26 Mar 2015
Beijing – China’s chemical industry saw a 4.7-percent year-on-year drop in revenue growth rate and …

February tire sales flat in places
Added: 25 Mar 2015
London – OE passenger car tire markets remained more or less flat in both Europe (including Russia …

US lowers anti-dumping duties on Chinese tires
Added: 25 Mar 2015
Washington — The US department of commerce’s international trade administration has lowered the pre…

Euro dip forces OTR tire maker to hike prices
Added: 25 Mar 2015
Magog, Québec – Camoplast Solideal will implement a price increase of up to 10 percent for its mate…

PetroChina targets ‘new normal’ amid market challenges
Added: 25 Mar 2015
Beijing - PetroChina Co Ltd. achieved “sound operating results in 2014” amid slow growth of demand …

ERJ Archives: Avon all British
Added: 25 Mar 2015
This advert was published 100 years ago, marking the 30th anniversary of Avon Tyres.
The Avon India …

ERJ technology tracker
Added: 25 Mar 2015
Kraiburg develops fire-safe rubber compounds
According to the company, the compounds ‘Kraibon’ have …

ERJ People Tracker
Added: 24 Mar 2015
Linglong Americas... Lanxess... Carlstar Group... Kumho Tire Europe... Toyo Tire North America... M…

Omsk Carbon boss sets out carbon black ambitions
Added: 24 Mar 2015
London - Russia-based Omsk Carbon is to increase its already large share of the carbon black manufa…