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Diehl Elastomer goes to private equity company
Added: 25 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Munih, Germany -- Munich-based Venture capital company mutares AG,has bought D…

Bekaert to close U.S. bead wire plant
Added: 25 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Clarksdale Mississippi - Bekaert SA plans to close its Clarksdale bead wire pl…

USW members ratify three-year BFG contract
Added: 25 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Greenville, outh Carolina -- United Steelworkers members at two of Michelin No…

Michelin UK appoints commercial director
Added: 25 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stoke-on-trent UK -- Michelin Tyre PLC has appointed Malcolm Scovell as Commer…

Tokai to close Japanese anti-vibration plant
Added: 24 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo, Japan -- Tokai Rubber industry is to close its anti-vibration products …

Meeting to discuss Sustainable Fillers in Rubber scheduled for London
Added: 24 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- An afternoon technical discussion meeting on the subject of Sustain…

Germany's Merkel says GM decision on Opel urgently needed
Added: 24 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
BERLIN (Reuters) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her regret at Ge…

News from elsewhere on the web (24 August 2009)
Added: 24 Aug 2009
(22 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Performance Fibers supports proposed Chinese tyre tariffs
Added: 24 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC - Performance Fibers, the only remaining North American manufact…

Fenner Dunlop to move US headquarters
Added: 24 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Scottdale, Georgia -- Fenner Dunlop Americas plans to move its corporate off…

TIA offers to run tyre fuel-efficiency info program
Added: 24 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
BOWIE, Md. (Aug. 23, 2009) - The Tire Industry Association (TIA) is lobbying t…

Online tyre retailer launched in Malaysia
Added: 24 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Tyrepac has launched in Kuala Lumpur. Tyrepac claims to beAsia…

Chinese SBR market studied
Added: 24 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Merchant Research and Consulting Ltd has published a new re…

Amtel-Vredestein to hold EGM on 2 Sept
Added: 24 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Enschede, Netherlands -- Amtel-Vredestein N.V.is to hold an Extraordinary Gene…

Yokohama, Itochu to build tyre plant in Russia
Added: 21 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., today announced that it agreed with Ito…

Hankook appeals against court ruling on employee deaths
Added: 21 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Hankook has acknowledged that the company and its executives …

Bridgestone taking forward Indian plant expansion
Added: 20 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Further to its 2007 announcement that it intends to expand its tyre p…

PR campaign launched in favour of direct TPMS
Added: 20 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- A new campaign is being launched to promote the benefits of direct t…

ContiTech in further success against Chinese belt counterfeiter
Added: 20 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover -- ContiTech has achieved a further victory in the fight against produ…

Freudenberg-NOK settles in age-discrimination case
Added: 20 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts - Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership will pay $80,000 a…