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S&P places alert on GiTi Tire
Added: 9 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Credit-Rating Agency Standard & Poor's has issued a warning on Gi…

Fenzi warns of polysulphide shortages
Added: 9 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy - Italian glass sealant company Fenzi SpA has warned of global sh…

Japanese Prius a to run on Yokohama tyres
Added: 9 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. said it has begun delivery of its Advan dB t…

News from elsewhere on the web (09 June 2011)
Added: 9 Jun 2011
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Ford, Sollers sign production deal in Russia
Added: 9 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Moscow (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. and OAO Sollers, Russia's second-biggest …

NR prices ease in Tokyo
Added: 9 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved down overnight.
On Tokyo's To…

Saab production restart falters
Added: 9 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Trollhattan, Sweden -- Saab halted production yesterday at its Trollhattan, Sw…

Chinese company sets up airspring unit
Added: 9 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Guangzhou, China -- Guangzhou Yi Tao Rubber Co., Ltd. (Yi Tao Corp) is to set …

EU to charge heavy trucks more
Added: 9 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- The EU Parliament has agreed to permit Member States to increase r…

Orzel SA opens tyre recycling unit in Poland
Added: 9 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Vienna -- Will AG said the turnkey tyre shredding unit it supplied to Orzel SA…

Avantium raises funds to make bio-PEF investment
Added: 9 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Amsterdam -- Avantium said it has raised EUR 30 million to advance its YXY tec…

Isle of Man TT lap record broken on Pirelli tyres
Added: 9 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Isle of Man, UK -- Tony Pond's Isle of Man TT Race circuit lap record was brok…

Tokai extends holidays in energy-saving drive
Added: 9 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber Co has extended company holidays as part of its efforts …

Setzer to head Conti's new combined tyre unit
Added: 8 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Conti is to merge its truck tyre and passenger car tyre b…

Saargummi restructuring now complete
Added: 8 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Saarbrucken, Germany - The joint administrators of te Saargummi group said the…

Solutia outlines slimline rubber chemical business
Added: 8 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
St Louis, Missouri -- Following the completion of the restructuring of the its…

News from elsewhere on the web (08 June 2011)
Added: 8 Jun 2011
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Saab suspends output again, to resume today
Added: 8 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Stockholm, Sweden (Reuters) -- Saab, which was shut for most of April and May …

NR prices ease in Tokyo
Added: 8 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved down overnight.
On Tokyo's To…

Indonesian tyre sales increased in five months
Added: 8 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jakarta - Reuters reports that Indonesian tyre sales rose slightly in the firs…