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Tokyo NR prices stronger on Tuesday
Added: 28 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices trended upwards on Tuesday 28 August. On Tokyo's Tocom …

Butadiene producer TPC to move into private ownership
Added: 28 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas - TPC group, one of the world's leading suppliers of butadiene …

Nokian issues Evironmental statement
Added: 28 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nokia, Finland - Nokian Tyres has published its EMAS (environmental impact) st…

New tyre factory in Shaanxi
Added: 28 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanxi Province, China -- Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group Rubber Co., Ltd. S…

Rubber Research Institute sells land for development
Added: 28 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia -- Kwasa Land Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of th…

Yokohama wins company-wide ISO 14001
Added: 27 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.,said that in August it obtained company-…

Leaf cars ride from Amsterdam to Russia and London on Bridgestone Ecopia
Added: 27 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow -- Three all-electric Nissan LEAF cars have completed an unprecedented …

Manuli's U.S. unit taps Amazon Hose to service Florida
Added: 27 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Orlando, Florida -- Manuli Hydraulics (Americas) Inc. has named Orlando-bas…

Production company buys film rights to Fordlandia
Added: 27 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Los Angeles, California -- River Road Entertainment L.L.C., a film productio…

Conti donates funds, tyres to mark HQ expansion
Added: 27 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Lancaster County, South Carolina -- Continental Tire the Americas L.L.C. (CTA)…

Vogue, Dynamic recalling Chinese-made tyres
Added: 27 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- Vogue Tyre & Rubber Co. and Dynamic Tire Corp. have begun vo…

Dallas cracks down on tyre dumping on mosquito threat
Added: 27 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Dallas, Texas -- The Dallas Marshal's office is stepping up enforcement of o…

ETRMA publishes annual report
Added: 24 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels - ETRMA has published its annual report. The organization presents a …

Goodyear signs multi-year deal to buy SBR from Synthos
Added: 24 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Oswiecim, Poland -- Polish rubber manufacturer Synthos SA has signed a multi-y…

Holz Rubber buys Airboss unit, Caliber
Added: 24 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Lodi, California -- Holz Rubber Company has acquired Caliber Industries, as we…

NR prices rise slightly on Friday
Added: 24 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices trended upwards on Friday 24 August. On Tokyo's Tocom E…

Ceat starts journey to TQM
Added: 24 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India - In its 2011-2012 annual report, Indian tyre maker Ceat Ltd sai…

News from elsewhere on the web (24 August 2012)
Added: 24 Aug 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Maxxis Introduces computerised label system
Added: 24 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Maxxis is disseminating tyre label data to customers through its own…

Pirelli introduces Scorpion winter tyre
Added: 24 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Rome, Georgia -- Pirelli Tire North America Inc. is launching a winter versio…