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Diehl Elastomer goes to private equity company

Added: 25 Aug 2009

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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

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Greenville, outh Carolina -- United Steelworkers members at two of Michelin No…

Michelin UK appoints commercial director

Added: 25 Aug 2009

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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

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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

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Seoul, Korea -- Hankook has acknowledged that the company and its executives …

Bridgestone taking forward Indian plant expansion

Added: 20 Aug 2009

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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…