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Conti's rubber group posts improved profits on lower Q3 sales
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental AG's rubber group reported higher operating p…

Trelleborg profits rise on reduced Q3 sales
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm, Sweden -- Trelleborg AB saw operating profit increase to SEK 371 mi…

Tokai reports a loss for three months, expects profit for full year
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber Industries has reported substantially lower sales for th…

Cabot reports loss for year on 30 percent lower sales
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston Massachusetts -- Cabot Corp reported a loss for the 12 months and for t…

Hankook cautious on Vietnam option
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- further to press reports earlier this week, Hankook expressed …

News from elsewhere on the web (29 Oct 2009)
Added: 29 Oct 2009
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LMI names new CEO
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Delta, British Columbia -- LMI Technologies, Inc. (LMI) has appointed Terry Ar…

Just Rollers to unveil new roller covering
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Munich, Germany -- Just Rollers is to launch its latest roller covering at the…

PPG names new head of silica products
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- PPG Industries has named Richard Beuke to the post…

ElringKlinger buys Turkish parts supplier
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dettingen/Erms, Germany -- The ElringKlinger Group has acquired a 90% interest…

Goodyear sees signs of recovery but Q3 sales are 15% down
Added: 28 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
AKRON (Oct. 28, 2009) - Goodyear's net income for the third quarter more than …

Goodyear to make 63-inch OTR tyres in Kansas
Added: 28 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Topeka, Kansas -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will begin production of 63-i…

Garlock buys Wide Range Elastomers
Added: 28 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leicester, UK -- Sealing technology business, Garlock (Great Britain) Limited,…

Alpha Technologies streamlines European operations
Added: 28 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Akron, Ohio - Alpha Technologies, a US-based provider of testing equipment for…

China to need more EPDM
Added: 28 Oct 2009
Rubber & Plastics News
Houston - By the end of next year, China's production of ethylene-propylene r…

GPX blames OTR duties for Ch. 11 filing
Added: 28 Oct 2009
Tire Business staff report
Malden, Massachusetts - GPX International Tire Corp. is laying most of t…

GPX to auction manufacturing assets (updated)
Added: 28 Oct 2009
Tire Business staff report
Boston, - OTR and industrial tyre maker/distributor GPX International T…

Alliance Tire bids for bankrupt GPX´s OTR-related assets
Added: 28 Oct 2009
Tire Business staff report
Malden, Massachusetts - Alliance Tire Co. (1992) USA Ltd. has offered to…

Watts Tyre Group in management buy-out
Added: 28 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Lydney, UK - Watts Tyre Group, an industrial tyre producer and distributor, ha…

News from elsewhere on the web (28 October 2009)
Added: 28 Oct 2009
(26 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…