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Cooper taps former Ford executive as VP and CFO
Added: 6 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has named Brad Hughes, former global …

UK launches electric city car project
Added: 6 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The UK government has matched £4.5 million (euro 10 million) in fund…

Conti picks tyres sales partner in Saudi
Added: 6 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -- Continental AG has selected Almutlak Trade & Industrie…

Pirelli Tyre posts higher profits in third quarter
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy -- Revenues of Pirelli Tyre in the three months to 30 Sept. 2009 …

Bridgestone reports net loss on lower sales for first nine months
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp reported an operating profit, but a net loss for the…

DSM officially launches EPDM grade to replace gas-phase products
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geleen, Netherlands -- Following the introduction of a developmental grade in …

Not by rubber alone...
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nantes, France -- On 22 October Elastopole held its first meeting of the vario…

News from elsewhere on the web (05 November 2009)
Added: 5 Nov 2009
(19 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

UK publishes protocol on materials derived from tyres
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The UK has published a protocol for operators who convert post-consu…

Tomkins says some markets have stabilised
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- "Conditions in some of our end markets appear to have stabilised," s…

Triangle Group issues green challenge to suppliers, Customers
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Las Vegas, Nevada (SEMA) - Triangle Group Co. Ltd., one of China's largest tyr…

German Opel workers upset at GM; protests expected
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Russelsheim Germany (Reuters) -- Bitterness, anger and disbelief mixed with be…

GM's plan for Opel will be similar to Magna's
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Jamie Lareau, Automotive News.
Detroit, Michigan -- General Motors Co.'s restr…

API buys stake in Good Friend Tyre in China
Added: 5 Nov 2009
By Bruce Davis, ERJ staff (TB)
Las Vegas, Nevada (SEMA) - American Pacific Industries Inc. (API) has…

Triangle Group adding plant in Shandong Province
Added: 4 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Las Vegas, Nevada (SEMA Show) -- China's Triangle Group Co. Ltd. is building a…

Nokian ends Q3 in black, despite 32% fall in revenues
Added: 4 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- Nokian Tyres' net sales decreased by 32.3 percent to euro…

News from elsewhere on the web (04 Nov 2009)
Added: 4 Nov 2009
(20 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

TPMS videos Audi tried to ban
Added: 4 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cyberspace -- Audi has tried to ban a series of videos posted on YouTube. The …

Lanxess wins funding for SR quality system
Added: 4 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Sarnia, Ontario -- Lanxess and sensor manufacturer Nimtech, have won funding t…

TIA urges repeal of Chinese tyre tariffs
Added: 4 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Las Vegas, Nevada (SEMA Show) -- The Tire Industry Association passed resoluti…