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Global demand for tyres to reach 3300 million units by 2015
Added: 21 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cleveland, Ohio - World demand for tyres is forecast to rise 4.7 percent per y…

China publishes list of top 100 rubber companies
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., Ltd. Is China's biggest rubber company,…

Vietnam's Casumina breaks ground at tyre plant
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Binh Duong Province, Vietnam - Vietnam's JSC Southern Rubber Industry (Casumin…

News from elsewhere on the web (20 Feb 2012)
Added: 20 Feb 2012
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone signs long-term lease on winter proving ground
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Vidsel, Sweden - Bridgestone has confirmed the long term exclusive lease on it…

Clemson Tire Conference makes emergency change in venue
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Hilton Head, South Carolina -- Because of recent structural damage to the Hilt…

Omnova raises prices for SB latex
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Fairlawn, Ohio - Omnova Solutions has announced a price increase of $0.06 per …

China is dealing with scrap tyre issue
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - China is steadily making progress on the disposal of tyres, but is h…

China sets up registration for rubber traders
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - Folowing a series of defaults in the international Rubber trade, Ch…

Michelin to invest $1 billion in China - report
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - Quoted on the CRIA website, Michelin's group finance director report…

Triangle Tire restructures
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - A short Chinese-language report on the official website of Triangle …

Notch publishes 2012 version of carbon black data book
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland - Notch Consulting has published the 2012 version of its regul…

BKT reports jump in sales, profits in Q3
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tarapur, Maharashtra, India - Balkrishna Industries has reported a big jump in…

Russian tyre manufacturing studied
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- techsciresearch.com has published a new report titled, Russ…

NR prices jump in Tokyo
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices moved up sharply over the weekend. On Tokyo's Tocom Ex…

Myers back in black
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Akron, Ohio -- Myers Industries Inc. returned to the black for 2011 with an an…

Biotechnology is the buzzword at the TTE 2012 conference
Added: 17 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Cologne, Germany - Biotechnology and 'green' raw materials were two topics th…

Consumer awareness of EU tyre labelling is low, Which? tells TTE
Added: 17 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Cologne, Germany - Almost 90 percent of consumers in the UK are unaware of th…

Micro-Poise introduces new Modular Instrumentation at TTE 2012
Added: 17 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Cologne, Germany - Measurement systems company Micro-Poise showed its new Int…

Ford to tyre makers: Please work with us
Added: 17 Feb 2012
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Freudenberg, Germany - Ford is asking tyre makers to work more closely wit…