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Toyo breaks ground on China plant
Added: 10 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Zhangjiagang City, China -- Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. has broken ground on i…

Performance Fibers to double PET capacity in Kaiping
Added: 10 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Performance Fibers is to expand capacity for tyre…

Rayonier names Boynton as COO
Added: 10 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jacksonville, Florida -- Rayonier, parent of Performance Fibers, said Paul Boy…

Daetwyler to supply tunnel seals for Winter Olympics
Added: 10 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Schattdorf (Switzerland) -- The sealing solutions of Daetwyler Rubber have suc…

News from elsewhere on the web (10 Sept 2010)
Added: 10 Sep 2010
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

USW files trade case against China's ´green´ industry
Added: 10 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- China has spent hundreds of billions of dollars to dominate t…

Bridgestone in management re-shuffle
Added: 10 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. said its board of directors has approved a number o…

Short report published on Chi Mei
Added: 10 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Global Data has published a new report titled, Chi Mei Corp…

Short report published on China Sunsine
Added: 10 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Global Data has published a new report titled, China Sunsin…

Taiwanese company offer rubber moulding services
Added: 10 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Sanchong City, Taiwan -- A Taiwanese company is offering rubber moulding servi…

SA tyre makers respond to cartel allegations
Added: 9 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Johannesburg, South Africa - Three of the four tyre makers accused of colludin…

Keyuan breaks ground on 70kt/year SBS plant
Added: 9 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ningbo, China -- Keyuan Petrochemicals, Inc said on September 1st, that it has…

Bridgestone's Hirohide Hamashima talks F1
Added: 9 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Known around the world as Bridgestone's motorsport tyre expert, Direc…

China to consume 1 million heavy truck tyres in 2010 - forecast
Added: 9 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Columbus, Indiana - Chinese sales of heavy-duty commercial vehicles surged to …

News from elsewhere on the web (09 Sept 2010)
Added: 9 Sep 2010
(23 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Short report published on Cooper Tire
Added: 9 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Global Data has published a new report titled, Cooper Tire & Rubber C…

Cooper-Standard gears up for new auto market
Added: 9 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Traverse City, Michigan -- For two years, auto makers and suppliers did thei…

Balkrishna Tyres to raise $175 million on international market - report
Added: 9 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- Five international banks have reportedly formed a consortium …

Apollo alerts markets to strike in South Africa
Added: 9 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai -- Apollo Tyres has told shareholders that workers at both the Apollo T…

Bridgestone launches new eco-friendly tyres
Added: 9 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Bridgestone has launched its new eco-friendly tyre, the Ecopia EP1…