News from elsewhere on the web (15 October 2009)

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Freudenberg-NOK to close Spencer plant Daily Reporter (US - Iowa)

Freudenberg-NOK closing Spencer plant Chicago Tribune (US - Iowa)

Asia Rubber-Goodyear chases SIR20; weather curbs supply Reuters (Singapore)

Dow Chemical to slash production with plant closures by year-end Purchasing.com (US)

Supermax Registers 181 Per Cent Rise In Pre-Tax Profit Bernama (Malaysia)

Kormányküldöttségre várnak Magyar Szo (country)

Trayal strike continues Above story auto-translated into English (from Hungarian)

Rubber production slips 5.7% in Jan-Aug The Hindu Business Line (India)

The Tyre Technology Seminar carWale (India)

Hummer bid not sent to govt yet EN.CE.cn (China)

China's power consumption continues to rise in September People.com (China)

Winter tires - trucks need them too! Canadian Driver (Canada)

Will Low Rolling Resistance Tires Save Enough Gas to Justify Their Cost?Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/cars-transportation/low-rolling-resistance-tires-461009#ixzz0Tzyzx2jY Daily Green (US - California)

Opel haggling pressures Brussels FT.com (UK / Brussels)