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ATS appoints two to marketing team
Added: 10 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Tyre fast-fit specialist ATS Euromaster has restructured its senior …

Triangle Strategy to focus on BRIC countries
Added: 10 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - In a long speech about corporate strategy, Triangle Tire's Chairman …

NR prices remain stable overnight
Added: 10 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices moved down overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices…

Canon issues allergy alert over camera grip
Added: 10 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Canon has issued an allergy advisory after it found excessive amounts …

Chinese tyre makers pick up on branding
Added: 10 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - Chinese tyre makers are attempting to raise the value of their brand…

Chinese tyre business: labelling and Obama's tariffs
Added: 10 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - Another report on the CRIA website tracks the development of tyre la…

GiTi Tire holds 2012 dealer conference at Reifen 2012
Added: 10 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Essen, Germany -- GiTi Tire held its dealer conference discussing future grow…

Mitas appoints chief financial officer
Added: 10 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Prague - Off-road tyre producer Mitas has appointed Vladimir Rada as its new…

Value of tyre imports soars in 2011
Added: 10 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
By Bruce Davis, Tire Business Staff
Washington, DC -- The value of tyre imports…

Dunlop Aircraft announces developments at Farnborough Show
Added: 9 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Farnborough, UK -- At the opening of the Farnborough International Airshow 201…

German hose maker signs tech deal with India
Added: 9 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Frankfurt, Germany -- Hose maker Tristone Flowtech Group has signed a technica…

NR prices ease over the weekend
Added: 9 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices moved down over the weekend. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange,…

News from elsewhere on the web (09 July 2012)
Added: 9 Jul 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

BASF to extract 155kt of butadiene in Antwerp
Added: 9 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ludwigshafen, Germany - BASF plans to build a butadiene extraction plant at it…

EChA rejects further action on phthalates; seeks further comments
Added: 9 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki - The European Chemicals Agency (EChA) Is seeking further comments on…

NHTSA announces tyre recall by TBC
Added: 9 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC -- TBC Corporation (TBC) is recalling certain Mirada cross tour …

Singer Equities adds distributor in Midwest
Added: 9 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Glen Burne Maryland -- Singer Equities Inc. has acquired Kansas City, Missou…

Thinking cheap: Lessons from India
Added: 9 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (AN)
Tokyo -- Engineers around the world are contorting traditional R&D methods to …

Bridgestone adds capacity at Polish truck tyre plant
Added: 6 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stargard, Poland -- Bridgestone Europe NV/SA Is to increase production capacit…

NR prices stronger during the week
Added: 6 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices moved upwards over the weekend. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchan…