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EU antitrust chief urges speedy answers on Opel state aid
Added: 30 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- The European Union antitrust chief Neelie Kroes today ur…

News from elsewhere on the web (30 Sept 2009)
Added: 30 Sep 2009
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Metcalfe stands down as LMI's CEO
Added: 30 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Delta, British Columbia, Canada -- Machine vision supplier LMI Technologies ha…

Toyota to recall 3.8 million US autos as floor mats snag gas pedals
Added: 30 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Kathy Jackson and Chrissie Thompson, Automotive News
Los Angeles -- Toyota plan…

Cooper Tire switches ad, PR agencies in US
Added: 30 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio -- Following a comprehensive national agency search and review, …

Nexen to build 2nd plant in South Korea
Added: 29 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Seoul, Korea -- Nexen Tire Corp. will invest $843 million (Euro 577) over eigh…

Fibre-reinforced LSR offers stiffer vulcanisates
Added: 29 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Friedrichshafen, Germany -- Momentive Performance Materials and the Woco-Group…

Evonik-Degussa raises prices of silica
Added: 29 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Frankfurt, Germany -- The Business Unit "Inorganic Materials" of Evonik Indust…

Trellebog opens marine products factory in China
Added: 29 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Qingdao, China -- Trelleborg has opened its fifth wholly-owned production plan…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 September 2009)
Added: 29 Sep 2009
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

US non-tyre industry studied
Added: 29 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Supplier Relations US has published a new report titled, Al…

Regulators help spur US demand for green vehicles
Added: 29 Sep 2009
By Richard Truett (AN)
Detroit, Michigan - Legislation from California-adopted by 13 other states-ar…

Nexen to build Euro 575 million tyre plant in Korea - reports
Added: 28 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- South Korea's Nexen Tire is reported to be investing 1 million…

Yokohama takes tyre mould business in-house
Added: 28 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tokyo, Japan -- Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has acquired the tyre mould manufactu…

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

Study of France's top-10 companies published
Added: 28 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, Top 10 Compa…

Michelin to lay off 350 as part of Opelika closing
Added: 28 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Opelika, Alabama -- Michelin North America Inc. will lay off 350 workers at it…

Many tyre makers opting out of 2009 SEMA Show
Added: 28 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Las Vegas, Nevada -- As many as a dozen prominent tyre makers and marketers th…

Michelin opens Ladoux to cyberspace
Added: 28 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cyberspace -- Michelin is taking the wraps off the Ladoux Technology Center wi…

Yokohama Rubber projects smaller loss for H1
Added: 25 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has reduced its projection for consolidated ne…