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Cooper-Standard seen as Chapter 11 risk

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (CDB)

Detroit, Michigan -- Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. was flagged by Standard …

Notch publishes report on insoluble sulphur markets

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Amherst, Massachusetts -- Notch Consulting Group has just published a new repo…

Safety, TPMS and the re-set button

Added: 18 Jun 2009

By David Shaw, ERJ editor

A question for motor industry professionals: Is it sensible and acceptable…

News from elsewhere on the web (18 June 2009)

Added: 18 Jun 2009

(17 items)

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Voronezhsintezkauchuk adds Nd-BR, S-SBR

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Voronezh, Russia -- Voronezhsintezkauchuk has converted part of its polybutad…

Michelin's Indian investment to reach €1000 million - report

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

India -- An Indian newspaper, quoting un-named sources close to the deal, has …

Magna, GM aim to sign Opel deal by July 15

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (AN)

Frankfurt, Germany (Reuters) -- General Motors and Magna International Inc. ha…

K 2010 will again fill 19 halls

Added: 17 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Düsseldorf, Germany -- The organisers of the K'2010 show said that by the clo…

Bridgestone opens OTR plant ahead of schedule

Added: 17 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has begun production of large and ultralarge off-th…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 June 2009)

Added: 17 Jun 2009

(19 items)

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Suppliers' health now industry's top concern, Mulally says

Added: 17 Jun 2009

Chrissie Thompson, Automotive News

Detroit, Michigan -- The health of the supply base is now the US …

Dow Europe raises prices for ethylene elastomers

Added: 17 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Horgen, Switzerland -- Dow Europe GmbH intends to increase its prices for its …

Global truck tyre markets still dire

Added: 17 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market data for the month o…

Michelin expects further 1800 early retirements in France

Added: 17 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris -- Further to today's story that Michelin is restructuring its activitie…

Conti to close Traiskirchen site with the end of rubber mixing operations

Added: 17 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Traiskirchen, Austria -- Seven years after closing tyre manufacture at the for…

1093 jobs affected by Michelin restructuring in France

Added: 17 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris -- Groupe Michelin is re-structuring its operations in France, affecting…

Sumitomo building new tyre tech centre

Added: 17 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Kobe, Japan -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) is building a $56 million…

Pirelli to cease tyre manufacture at Manresa plant

Added: 16 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Milan, Italy -- Pirelli has announced plans to cease tyre manufacture at its c…

Conti-Machinery to close Puchov unit

Added: 16 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hannover, Germany -- Continental is to close its machinery operations in Slov…

European car registrations still down, but recovering

Added: 16 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels, Belgium -- In May, the number of new passenger car registrations in…