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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…