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Tyre production In China grew at 4% in first five months
Added: 26 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- China produced 336 million tyres in the first five months of 2012, …

Tennessee releases $2.8 million for waste tyre processing
Added: 26 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nashville, Tennessee - The US State of Tennessee has released $2.8 million In …

Trelleborg splits off financial data for anti-vibration units
Added: 26 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg AB has split out financial data for the busin…

Mitsuboshi launches oil-resistant timing belt
Added: 26 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Mitsuboshi Belting has added to its range of oil-resistant timing bel…

Suppliers say BMW is best partner; Chery is worst
Added: 25 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Suppliers prefer to work with BMW than any other car maker according…

Takreer assigns carbon black contract to Samsung Engineering
Added: 25 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Samsung Engineering said it has received a letter of award (LO…

SI Group complaint prompts US ITC to Investigate rubber resin imports
Added: 25 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York -- Following a complaint by SI Group, Inc., the US International Trad…

News from elsewhere on the web (25 June 2012)
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Hangzhou Zhongce sets up intelligent tyre alliance
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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Beijing -- A number of Chinese enterprises have announced plans to set up an I…

Bridgestone opens 'ready for 2050' website
Added: 25 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone has opened a website in which is demonstrates it prepared…

Is carbon black an analog for graphene? Researchers think so
Added: 25 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Researchers at the Singapore-based Nanyang Technological University a…

Tokyo NR prices plunge below $3
Added: 25 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices eased again over the weekend. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange…

InterFace buys Freudenberg plate seal unit
Added: 25 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania -- Interface Solutions, Inc. said it has bought Freude…

Vail Rubber adding roller plant in Alabama
Added: 25 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
St Joseph, Michigan -- Vail Rubber Works Inc. plans to improve its supply of…

BRC Rubber buys Veyance unit assets in Canada
Added: 25 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Churubusco , Indiana --BRC Rubber & Plastics Inc. has acquired the equipmen…

Rubber Research to buy Hi Tek Rubber
Added: 25 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Minneapolis, Minnesota -- Rubber Research, Inc.,is intending to buy another sc…

Global tyre industry studied
Added: 25 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland - Just-Auto has published a new report titled, Global market r…

Pirelli UK promotes Sandivasci
Added: 25 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Burton-on-Trent, UK -- - Dominic Sandivasci, Managing Director of Pirelli UK s…

US roofing company opens EPDM sheeting line
Added: 25 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Denver, Colorado -- Johns Manville has opened a new commercial roofing single-…

Michelin trialling 'smart' bus tyres at London Olympics
Added: 21 Jun 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Michelin is installing 'smart' tyres on a fleet of buses used for th…