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Police seize counterfeit ContiTech V-belts in Morocco
Added: 5 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business staff report
Casablanca, Morocco - Police in Casablanca have unc…

News from elsewhere on the web (5th Sept)
Added: 5 Sep 2012
(7 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Apollo Tyres becomes a member of TyreSafe
Added: 5 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Colchester, UK -- Apollo Tyres has joined UK tyre safety organisation TyreSaf…

Toyota Boshoku, Tokai Rubber bolster co-op
Added: 5 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Kariya, Japan - Toyota Boshoku Corp. is acquiring a 20 percent stake in Tokai…

Kanaoaka promoted at Tokai
Added: 5 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Toko - Tokai Rubber Industries has promoted Katsunori Kanaoka to oversee a ne…

Steady demand leads to Tocom rubber rise
Added: 5 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Bangkok - Tocom RSS3 rubber futures rise, but gains are paring after prices c…

Growth In NR production slows - ANRPC
Added: 4 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- The ANRPC's NR production has showed significantly reduced gro…

Yokohama restructures Vietnam operations
Added: 4 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Company is absorbing a joint venture tyre making opera…

India consumed more rubber In May 2012
Added: 4 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottayam, Kerala, India - India's Rubber Board has published production and co…

Leaming to become Skellerup CFO
Added: 4 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Christchurch, New Zealand -- Graham Leaming is to take up the position of CFO …

Michelin UK launches coach tyre
Added: 4 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stoke-on-Trent, UK -- Michelin UK said it is launching its most significant ne…

EChA proposes 44 new substances of very high concern
Added: 4 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland - Europe's Chemicals Authority (EChA) has proposed 44 new Su…

NR prices ease on Tuesday
Added: 4 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices trended downwards on Tuesday 04 September. On Tokyo's T…

News from elsewhere on the web (04 Sept 2012)
Added: 4 Sep 2012
(6 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

China car production data published
Added: 4 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -Production of regular cars in China reached 846,900 units, Sales were…

Multistrada expanding tyre plant, NR activities
Added: 3 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesian tyre maker P.T. Multistrada Arah Sarana Tbk ha…

Tyre makers' 2011-12 cap-ex exceeds $10 billion
Added: 3 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
By Bruce Davis, Tire Business Staff
Akron, Ohio - The world's major tyre makers…

Mixing room destroyed in fire at Kalamaserry tyre factory - no-one hurt
Added: 3 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kalamaserry, Kerala, India - A fire at an Apollo Tyres tyre factory in souther…

News from elsewhere on the web (03 Sept 2012)
Added: 3 Sep 2012
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

FAA tells aircraft operators to remove some Goodyear tyres
Added: 3 Sep 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC - The US Federal Aviation Authority is telling operators of cert…