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Congressmen demand monitoring of effects of Chinese tyre tariffs
Added: 27 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- In a letter to US Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk, two c…

Michelin makes pledge to Haiti relief
Added: 27 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Greenville, South Carolina -- Michelin North America Inc. has pledged a $100…

Honeywell to close Illinois boot factory by 2011
Added: 27 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Morris Township, New Jersey -- Honeywell International Inc.'s Safety Product…

Cooper pledges up to $25,000 for Haiti relief
Added: 27 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has pledged up to $25,000 in donatio…

Dätwyler sees light at the end of the tunnel
Added: 26 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Altdorf, Switzerland - Dätwyler Group recorded a slight recovery of demand in…

NR supply fell by 5.1 percent in 2009 - ANRPC
Added: 26 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- The total supply of natural rubber (NR) in the Member Countrie…

European CV registrations down by 32.4% in 2009
Added: 26 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- new commercial vehicle registrations in Europe declined by 32.4% c…

Indian road deaths blamed on under-inflated tyres
Added: 26 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, India -- Between 250 and 315 people die every day in road accidents a…

ANRPC denies rumours of buffer stock sales
Added: 26 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur - Prof. Dr. Djoko Said Damardjati,?Secretary-General?ANRPC has sa…

Spyker set to announce Saab buy, Swedish TV says
Added: 26 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (AN)
Stockholm (Reuters) -- Spyker Cars NV is set to announce the purchase of Saab …

News from elsewhere on the web (26 Jan 2010)
Added: 26 Jan 2010
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

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…