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Arkema completes purchase of Dow units
Added: 26 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Midland, Michigan -- Arkema Inc. has completed the purchase of Dow Chemical …

Conti restructures tyre management in Germanic countries
Added: 26 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- . Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH, has restructured it…

Mesquite gold mine switches to radials
Added: 26 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Vancouver, Canada --- New Gold Inc has said its gold mine in Mesquite, Califor…

US releases national dataset on tyre wear
Added: 25 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC - Following a directive from President Obama last month, the US …

Ceat returns to profit in last quarter of 2009
Added: 25 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- The tyre-making subsidiary of RPG Group, Ceat Ltd, has return…

JK Tyre returns to profit, despite strike
Added: 25 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- JK Tyre & Industries reported level sales for the three month…

News from elsewhere on the web (25 Jan 2010)
Added: 25 Jan 2010
(20 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Kumho vows to clear up financial mess, focus on dealer profitability
Added: 25 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
By Sigmund J. Mikolajczyk, Tire Business staff
Palm Desert, California - It was…

Sales of high-resilience PBR golf balls rocket
Added: 25 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore - Kasco Corp., which makes Kira Star brand of golf balls reports tha…

Exam glove boom brings good times for manufacturers
Added: 25 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, California -- Marketstrat has published a new report titled, Disposabl…

Lanxess contributes to Haiti relief effort
Added: 25 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess is supporting relief efforts in the aftermath o…

Slovak retreader joins TRIB
Added: 25 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Pacific Grove, California - Simkovic-Protektor spol. s.r.o., a tyre retreader …

Amerityre to delist stock from Nasdaq
Added: 25 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Boulder City, Nevada - Polyurethane tyre developer Amerityre Corp. will delist…

Michelin to invest $1 billion in China tyre plant
Added: 22 Jan 2010
Rubber & Plastics News staff report
Paris - Michelin said it will invest $1 billion (Euro 707 millio…

Amtel disputes $65 million claim from bank
Added: 22 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow -- Bankrupt Russian tyre maker Amtel NV is disputing a claim for $65 mi…

News from elsewhere on the web (22 Jan 2010)
Added: 22 Jan 2010
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bekaert hold official opening party for Russian plant
Added: 22 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Lipetsk, Russia - Bekaert has officially opened its new steelcord plant in the…

Bridgestone donates to Haiti relief efforts
Added: 22 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp. will join two of its subsidiaries, Bridgestone Ameri…

Carlisle combines 2 businesses
Added: 22 Jan 2010
Rubber & Plastics News staff report
Charlotte, North Carolina - Carlisle Companies Inc., after a pot…

Carbon Green acquires Greenwood Commerce
Added: 22 Jan 2010
Rubber & Plastics News staff report
Washington - British Columbia-based tyre recycling company Carbo…