Michelin North America voluntarily recalled some 841,000 BFGoodrich and Uniroyal tyres produced at its Tuscaloosa and Woodburn plants
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EPA to use Yokohama tyre for retread verification program
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is utilizing a Yokohama Tyre commercial truck tyre casing to establish a SmartWay verification program for retreaded tyres used on Class 8 line-haul trucks. Once a retreaded tyre receives EPA certification, fleets using those…
Rubber clings on China stimulus
Rubber advanced, reversing earlier losses after Chinese policy makers pledged new spending, boosting speculation that demand from the world’s largest consumer may weather Europe’s debt crisis and keep expanding. November-delivery rubber gained 0.6% to settle at 271.9 yen a kg…
Hankook reaches the mark
SOUTH Korean tyre maker Hankook Tire has reached US$1 billion sales in the US for the 2011 fiscal year for the first time in its 30-year history. “Our continued strong growth in the US market is driven by our investment…