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News from elsewhere on the web (7 April 2009)
Added: 7 Apr 2009
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Vredestein Banden to be sold - A-V breakup imminent
Added: 6 Apr 2009
Moscow -- Amtel-Vredestein has announced the 'binding sale' of its Vredestein Banden unit. The comp…

Avon Automotive denies press reports of layoffs
Added: 3 Apr 2009
Plastics & Rubber Weekly
Media reports that Avon Automotive is laying off staff due to a downturn in…

Avon Rubber lands another mask contract
Added: 3 Apr 2009
Rubber & Plastics News
Wiltshire, England - Avon Rubber Plc has been awarded a $6.4 million (Euro 4.…

Desma opens new plant in India
Added: 3 Apr 2009
Rubber & Plastics News
Fridingen, Germany - Kloeckner Desma Elastomertechnik GmbH has expanded produ…

News from elsewhere (3 April 2009)
Added: 3 Apr 2009
Rubber Rallies To Near 5-Mo High; Fundamentals May Cap Rise from Wall Street Journal

Goodyear celebrates 100 years of aviation tyres
Added: 3 Apr 2009
Rubber & Plastics News
Akron - Goodyear's aviation tyres division is celebrating 100 years of develo…

New report on Indian tyre market
Added: 3 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Dublin, Ireland - Credit Analysis & Research Limited has published a new repor…

Yokohama Rubber reports revaluation loss
Added: 3 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd., has reported a loss of 2.9 billion yen …

GM's new ceo says quick bankruptcy reorganisation could be an option
Added: 3 Apr 2009
Tire Business
Detroit - General Motors Corp. might not wait 60 days to declare bankruptcy, the auto …

Visteon closures underline UK manufacturing crisis
Added: 3 Apr 2009
Plastics & Rubber Weekly
Visteon's decision to close three UK plants has spiralled into industrial u…

Cooper-Standard posts Euro 90 million loss
Added: 3 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Novi, Michigan - Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc.-parent of automotive parts supp…

Green Rubber to raise funds for rapid expansion
Added: 1 Apr 2009
Kuala Lumpur - Green Rubber is preparing to raise up to $25 million
through some kind of financial v…

Hankook's Ventus wins in magazine tests
Added: 1 Apr 2009
Neu-Isenburg, Germany -- Hakook's Ventus S1 evo tyre and its next generation, V12 evo have performe…

Denman seeks government loan or contracts
Added: 1 Apr 2009
Denman seeks government loan or contracts
Leavittsburg, Ohio -- Denman Tire Corp. is looking for way…

US Administration finalises new fuel economy standards
Added: 1 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
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Washington DC -- The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has put the finis…

Yokohama plants trees at Virginia factory
Added: 1 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
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Salem, Virginia -- Yokohama Tire Corp. will hold a tree planting event April…

Trelleborg's rubber activities perform well
Added: 1 Apr 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg AB's rubber-related units have posted solid…

Desma announces, Bold, yet Modest initiatives as demand collapses
Added: 1 Apr 2009
Fridingen, Germany -- Facing an unprecedented collapse in the market for injection moulding machine…

Sicom sets up arbitration scheme to help traders hit by defaults
Added: 1 Apr 2009
Singapore -- Following the collapse in the price of natural rubber,
Sicom, Tocom and other markets h…