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GM hits the brakes on Opel deal; no signing with Magna this week

Added: 26 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (AN)

Frankfurt, Germany -- General Motors Co. put on hold a deal to sell a 55 perce…

Cabot brings Tianjin expansion on stream

Added: 26 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tiknanjin, China -- Cabot Corp. has commissioned its 150,000 metric tons expan…

US auto sales down 6 percent in Oct., JD Power says

Added: 26 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (AN)

Detroit, Michigan -- October US auto sales should be down about 6 percent from…

California bans lead from tyre weights

Added: 26 Oct 2009

By Miles Moore (TB)

SACRAMENTO, California -- California is banning lead wheel weights starting in J…

Ford crossover plant being idled due to parts shortage

Added: 26 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (AN)

Detroit, Michigan -- Labour violence at a Ford Motor Co. supplier in India has…

Bridgestone to end tyre manufacture in Australia, New Zealand

Added: 23 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Christchurch, New Zealand -- Bridgestone Australia Ltd. (BSAL) is to close its…

Fall in NR supply accelerates - ANRPC

Added: 23 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kuala Lumpur -- The decline in global production of natural

rubber is accelerat…

GM purchasing chief says supplier crisis not over

Added: 23 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (AN)

By Robert Sherefkin, Automotive News

Detroit, Michigan -- As production ramps u…

Desma says sales increasing, but slowly

Added: 23 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Fridingen, Germany -- Desma has said it is seeing some orders come in for mach…

News from elsewhere on the web (23 Oct 2009)

Added: 23 Oct 2009

(6 items)

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Carlisle income down in 3rd quarter, up for half

Added: 23 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN

Charlotte, North Carolina -- Specialty tyre and wheel maker Carlisle Cos. Inc…

Lanxess holds SR party at US Warhol museum

Added: 23 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-Lanxess AG marked the 100th anniversary of the pate…

Conti's industrial tyre unit makes staff changes

Added: 23 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Fort Mill, South Carolina -- Continental Tire North America Inc. has made seve…

Conti says new tyre labelling rules will increase transparency

Added: 22 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG has said the new EU tyre labelling rules sh…

Tripartite agreement members lift export controls on NR - reports

Added: 22 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Jakarta -- Members of the the International Tripartite Corporation (ITRC) have…

Goodyear to close US retread plant this year

Added: 22 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Spartanburg, South Carolina -- Goodyear has told employees that it intends to …

Magnum / SRI begin on-road tests of recyclate materials

Added: 22 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kuala Lumpur -- SRI ad Magnumm D'or have begun on-road testing of tyres using …

News from elsewhere on the web (22 October 2009)

Added: 22 Oct 2009

(18 items)

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

SWOT Analysis released for Aditya Birla

Added: 22 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, Aditya Birla Nuvo Limi…

US auto sales will rise more than 15% next year, forecaster says

Added: 22 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (AN)

Detroit, Michigan -- US auto sales are projected to rise nearly one-fifth to 1…