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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…

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)
 
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)
 
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…