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Pirelli Tyre net profits fall 87 percent
Added: 10 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli Tyre recorded a positive net profit in for the 12 mont…

Trelleborg to handle Galaxy brand in Europe
Added: 10 Mar 2009
Tire Business staff report
Malden, Massachusetts - Trelleborg Wheel Systems S.p.A. will become the…

Wyko employees charged with stealing Goodyear's OTR technology
Added: 9 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC -- The US Department of Justice has said two engineers with Wyk…

Parker ITR signs global settlement in Marine Hose case
Added: 9 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Parker ITR and law company Hausfeld & Co. LLP have scored a global f…

Von Grünberg resigns as Conti Chairman
Added: 9 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg has resigned his position of Ch…

GM seeks credit insurance to help US suppliers maintain parts deliveries
Added: 9 Mar 2009
By Rober Sherefkin and David Barkholz, Automotive News
Detroit, Michigan -- General Motors has revea…

News from elsewhere on the web (09 March 2009)
Added: 9 Mar 2009
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ATS appoints operations director
Added: 9 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Birmingham UK -- ATS Euromaster has appointed Chris Hufflett, 45, to the posit…

Automotive News Europe ends print edition
Added: 9 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Automotive News Europe, a sister publication of European Rubber Journal, is ha…

Arizona to clean up tyres from bankrupt recycler
Added: 9 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Mobile, Arizona -- The Arizona Department of Administration has solicited cont…

Hankook, 'Not interested' in Conti's rubber division
Added: 6 Mar 2009
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Seoul, Korea -- Hankook has said it is not interested in buying Continental…

CBp carbon signs carbon supply contract with Triputra
Added: 6 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bratislava, Slovakia -- CBp Carbon Industries, Inc. said it has signed a 20 ye…

News from elsewhere on the web (06 March 2009)
Added: 6 Mar 2009
(24 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

UK car sales down 22%; trucks down 51% and buses buses down by 38%
Added: 6 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The UK vehicle registration figures for February make gloomy readin…

Flexsys quits ITC, revives civil claims against Sinorgchem, KKPC, Kumho
Added: 6 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
St Louis, Minnesota -- Flexsys America L.P., a subsidiary of Solutia Inc., is …

Connecticut judge certifies class action against DSM for alleged EPDM price fixing
Added: 6 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Hartford, Connecticut -- A judge in the Connecticut federal district court h…

Cooper to stick to basics for recovery
Added: 6 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. said it will continue to implement t…

Kalamassery plant opens after Apollo, Unions reach agreement
Added: 6 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, Haryana, India -- The PTL tyre plant in Kalamassery, India has re-ope…

Amtel-Vredestein to hold EGM in March
Added: 5 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Amtel-Vredestein has scheduled an extraordinary gener…

Prysimian continues with healthy growth
Added: 5 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy - Prysimian SpA, the former Pirelli Cables business - has reporte…