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Spyker, Saab take key steps toward reviving Swedish automaker
Added: 15 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (AN)
Amsterdam, Neterlands -- Two months ago it looked like Saab was finished.
At th…
IMCD to distribute for Columbian Chemicals
Added: 15 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Rotterdam -- Non-rubber blacks by Columbian Chemicals will in future be distri…
Linatex expands in Australia, Africa
Added: 15 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kulal Lumpur -- Linatex has opened a new greenfield operation on the northern …
Tyre market recovery strengthens
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - The truck tyre sector may be recovering, according to new data from Mi…
Michelin's sales down by under 10 percent
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Despite huge turmoil in the tyre industry, Michelin finished the year…
Malaysian NR production fell below 900kt in 2009
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia's production of natural rubber (NR) decreased by almo…
Trelleborg appoints UK law firm
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- International law firm Pinsent Masons has been appointed to the netw…
Bekaert, DuPont offer steel-aramid hybrid yarn
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cologne, Germany -- Bekaert and DuPont have jointly developed a hybrid yarn in…
News from elsewhere on the web (12 Feb 2010)
Added: 12 Feb 2010
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Showa Denko reports fall in chloroprene sales
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- While reporting its annual results, Showa Denko KK said sales volumes…
Use of Rocktron filler in innerliner can save money
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cologne, Germany -- Rocktron presented results at the Tire Technology Conferen…
Universal Tyres suffers £100k tyre theft
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dunstable UK -- At the end of January a warehouse in Dunstable was broken into…
Evonik puts carbon black business under review
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Essen, Germany -- Contrary to widespread reports in Germany, Evonik has not pu…
Nokian in the black on sales down by a quarter
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki -- Nokian tyre group remainined in the black, despite seeing sales fa…
Nizhnekamskshina commissions truck tyre line
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cologne, Germany -- Russian tyre maker, Nizhnekamskshina has commissioned its …
Russia may step up import duties on CV tyres
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cologne, Germany -- Russian tyre makers are lobbying their government to incre…
Bridgestone revises upwards its profit forecast
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has increased its profit forecast for the 12 month…
Hexpol stays in black for year, with growth in Q4
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm -- Hexpol, Europe's largest rubber compound supplier, said it saw st…
Bluestar Silicones unveils silicone elastomers for wound care
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
East Brunswick, New Jersey -- Bluestar Silicones USA Corp.'s new line of skin …
Watts sets up in Latin America
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Montevideo, Uruguay -- Watts Tyre Group, the UK based industrial tyre and whee…
