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Tire Technology Expo announces award winners
Added: 20 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hamburg, Germany - Pirelli, VMI, Sumitomo won awards at the Tire Technology Ex…
Avon Automotive gets cash injection and new owners
Added: 20 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cadillac, Michigan -- Avon Automotive Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries have …
News from elsewhere on the web (20 Feb 2009)
Added: 20 Feb 2009
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Evonik has registered silica under REACH
Added: 20 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Frankfurt, Germany -- Evonik Industries has successfully registered synthetic …
Bridgestone reduces production across Europe
Added: 20 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Bridgestone Europe has announced further temporary plant shutdowns…
Bekaert reports strong growth in steel cord for 2008
Added: 20 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kortrijk, Belgium -- Bekaert has reported strong growth in its steelcord busin…
Bridgestone tweaks roles of senior managers
Added: 20 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo, following publication of its results for 2008, Bridgestone Corp has mad…
Bridgestone wins trademark case against Chinese tyre maker
Added: 20 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. said it has won a trademark infringement complaint …
Bridgestone reports 92 percent fall in net profit -- in line with forecasts
Added: 20 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone has announced a sharp fall in consolidated profits for th…
Goodyear HQ project caught in credit crunch
Added: 20 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Akron, Ohio -- Rich Kramer, president of the Goodyear's North American Tire un…
China to comply with WTO auto parts decision
Added: 20 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
BETHESDA, Md. (Feb. 19, 2009) - China has indicated in a statement released to…
Conti posts Euro 1123 million loss in '08, will continue cost cutting
Added: 20 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business staff report
Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG said it will inc…
HF to keep Farrel as a separate brand
Added: 18 Feb 2009
Hamburg, Germany -- Following the acquisition earlirt this year of the Farrel Corp. by Possehl grou…
Mesnac launches into European market
Added: 18 Feb 2009
Hamburg, Germany -- Qingdao Mesnac is launching its product range in Europe, through its local part…
Tyre crisis spills over to machinery makers
Added: 18 Feb 2009
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Hamburg, Germany -- Many machinery companies are facing a tough time as tyr…
Tyre maker uses silica with NR in tyre
Added: 18 Feb 2009
By David Shaw, ERJ editor
Hamburg, Germany -- An un-named tyre maker is currently testing tyres usin…
Goodyear plans more cuts as sales, earnings tumble
Added: 18 Feb 2009
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear plans to cut its work force by another
5,000, freeze salaries and reduce cap…
Apollo ships first OTR tyres to BEML
Added: 16 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- Apollo Tyres has said it has shipped the first OTR tyres from…
Wobbly suppliers seek 10 billion euros in EU loans
Added: 16 Feb 2009
By Arjen Bongard, Automotive News Europe
Brussels -- Suppliers are looking for more than €10 billion…
US company makes alternative to snow chains
Added: 16 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ider, Alabama -- A US-based company called Navimetrix has developed an alterna…
