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Apollo calls for entries for off-road driving challenge
Added: 12 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Gurgaon, India - Apollo Tyres is calling for entries into its “Apollo Flight…

VW hires ex-Conti boss Neumann to lead EV group
Added: 12 Nov 2009
Douglas A. Bolduc, Automotive News
Former Continental AG ceo Karl-Thomas Neumann will return to Volk…

IRSG publish Secretariat Conference Papers
Added: 12 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Singapore - The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has released six Secre…

H&R Wasag sales down in nine-month period
Added: 12 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Salzenbergen, Germany - Low-PAH oil producer H&R Wasag AG has seen sales drop …

Grieve introduces belt conveyor oven
Added: 12 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Round Lake, Illinois - Grieve Corporation, a specialist in industrial ovens an…

Pirelli to invest $100M in Brazil for OTR, ag tyres
Added: 11 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Sao Paolo, Brazil -- Pirelli & C. S.p.A. will invest $100 million in Brazil t…

Mesnac opens European tech centre with ex Matador staff
Added: 11 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dubnica, Slovakia -- Qingdao Mesnac Co., Ltd opened new European subsidiary -…

Fenner plc reports healthy full-year profits on higher sales
Added: 11 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Fenner plc as reported revenues for the 12 months to 31 August 2009 …

Dunlop wins fitment on Bombadier aircraft
Added: 11 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Birmingham, UK -- Dunlop Aircraft Tyres has been selected by Bombardier, as an…

News from elsewhere on the web (11 Nov 2009)
Added: 11 Nov 2009
(16 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Romanian innertube maker in bankruptcy proceedings
Added: 11 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- See News has published a new report titled, Romvelo SA - in bankruptc…

Short profile of Rolast published
Added: 11 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- SeeNews has published a new report titled, Rolast SA (Romania) - Comp…

ETRMA announces latest tyre recycling figures
Added: 10 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- In 2008, more than 95% of end of life tyres entered the recycling …

Toyo in red for 1st half on 25% lower sales
Added: 10 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Osaka, Japan -- Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. reported operating and net losses …

Collonge, Takemura win IISRP awards
Added: 10 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- Eliokem S.A.S's Jacques Collonge and JSR Corp.'s Yasuhiko …

News from elsewhere on the web (10 Nov 2009)
Added: 10 Nov 2009
(19 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Magna ends hunt for automaker, eyes suppliers
Added: 10 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Robert Sherefkin, Automotive News
Magna International Inc., thwarted this week …

Ex-Conti CEO Wennemer quits Opel Trust
Added: 10 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Frankfurt, Germany (Reuters) -- Former Continental AG CEO Manfred Wennemer res…

Latin American tyre expo set for July 2010 in Panama
Added: 10 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
MIAMI (Nov. 9, 2009) - Latin Expo Group Ltd., a Panamanian trade group, is org…

US tyre recycler announces five-year plan
Added: 10 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Salt Lake City, Utah -- Garb-Oil & Power Corp. has completed its restructuring…