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Conti Machinery admits reversal of strategy at Puchov
Added: 22 Jun 2009
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Hannover, Germany -- Continental's Machinery unit has acknowledged that the…

Continental Automotive to delay some employee paychecks up to 2 days
Added: 22 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (CDB) By Ryan Beene
Detroit, Michigan -- Continental Automotive Systems Inc. will d…

China's tyre makers seek other markets after ITC ruling
Added: 22 Jun 2009
By Namrita Chow, ERJ correspondent
Shanghai, China -- Tyre makers in China already are considering t…

European tyre sales continue severe decline
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- ETRMA figures show that European tyre sales in May declined for th…

Report investigates Continental AG
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- Global Markets Direct has published a new report titled, Cont…

Avon Tyres UK launches user-friendly website
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melksham, UK -- Avon Tyres, the brand of Cooper Tires in the UK, has re-design…

Rapra publishes report on mixing in a single screw extruder
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Rapra has published a new report titled, Mixing in Single S…

Songwon opens isobutylene facility in Korea
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
ULSAN, Korea (June 18, 2009)-Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd.'s $20 million isobu…

RMT says Rutil's bankruptcy proceedings not affecting its business
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Eastlake, Ohio -- Rubber Molding Technology Inc. said that the bankruptcy pr…

NHTSA issues proposal on tyre fuel efficiency ratings
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ha…

US-based ITC votes to impose quotas on Chinese passenger, LT tyres
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- The board of the US-based International Trade Commission has …

Tokai to market seismic dampers -- for wooden houses
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo, Japan -- Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. is to begin marketing earthquake…

News from elsewhere on the web (19 June 2009)
Added: 19 Jun 2009
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Company offers virgin TPE as fill for artificial turf
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Vancouver, Canada -- In the wake of a furore over the use of scrap tyre crumb …

Malaysian NR output continued to fall in April
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- In the month of April, production of NR in Malaysia was 55 690…

Deflation and punctures - A TPMS debate
Added: 18 Jun 2009
By David Shaw, ERJ editor One of the debates going on within the TPMS (tyre pressure monitoring syst…

Exxon presents free web-seminar for compounders of Vistamaxx
Added: 18 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- ExxonMobil Chemical will present an educational web-seminar,…

US-based TIA opposes Chinese tyre quota
Added: 18 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Bowie, Maryland -- The Tire Industry Association is joining some of its most…

ITC to vote on USW's Chinese tyre petition today
Added: 18 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington DC -- The US International Trade Commission will vote at 11 a.m. …

Conti to cut tyre production at Slovak site
Added: 18 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Puchov, Slovak Republic -- Continental AG plans to cut production of truck t…