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Barwell adds plant in China, restructures
Added: 23 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cambridge, UK -- Machinery maker, Barwell has restructured, and changed its na…

European Parliament to debate tyre labelling rules
Added: 22 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Strasbourg, France -- The European Parliament is set to debate the tyre labell…

Checkmate wins Queen's Award for Innovation
Added: 22 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melksham, UK -- Wiltshire and Kent based manufacturer The Checkmate Group has …

Equity swap to slash British Vita's debt burden
Added: 22 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (CMB)
Manchester, UK -- Chemicals group British Vita, which operates 10 North West …

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

Hexpol appoints Wikström to head wheels unit
Added: 22 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm, Sweden -- Jan Wikström has accepted the position of president of H…

RMA asks turfgrass group to correct statements
Added: 22 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington -- The Rubber Manufacturers Association has written to the US-based…

US Supplier bailout carries fraud risk, watchdog says
Added: 22 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Neil Roland, Automotive News
Washington, DC-- The US Treasury Department's $5 …

Washington state legislature phases out lead wheel weights
Added: 22 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Olympia, Washington -- The Washington state legislature has approved a bill th…

Pirelli Tyre income, sales down in Q1
Added: 22 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli Tyre suffered double-digit drops in earnings and sales…

Avon Tyres supports blood bikers
Added: 21 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melksham, UK -- Avon Tyres, a subsidiary of the Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., is …

Trelleborg agrees to plead guilty in marine fender case
Added: 21 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tampa, Florida -- Trelleborg AB has agreed with the US Department of Justice t…

Toyoda Gosei forecasts loss
Added: 21 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Toyoda Gosei has revised its earnings forecast downward, and now expe…

News from elsewhere on the web (21 April 2009)
Added: 21 Apr 2009
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Trelleborg announces terms for Rights issue
Added: 21 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg has announced the terms of its rights issue. …

USW seeks limit to consumer tyre imports from China
Added: 21 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- The US-based United Steelworkers union has filed a trade peti…

Gates launches energy-saving website
Added: 21 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Denver, Colorado -- Gates Corp. has launched PT Savings Center, an educational…

Trelleborg publishes corporate responsibility report
Added: 21 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg AB has published its Corporate Responsibility…

Just Rollers wins Queen's Award for Enterprise
Added: 20 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cwmbran, Wales -- Cwmbran based Just Rollers plc has been awarded the Queen's …

European car registrations down by 'only' 9 percent in March
Added: 20 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- According to ACEA, registrations of new padssenger cars were down …