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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…
News from elsewhere on the web (16 Feb 2009)
Added: 16 Feb 2009
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Tire Technology Expo opens tomorrow in Hamburg
Added: 16 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hamburg, Germany -- The Tire Technology Expo opens tomorrow at the Hamburg Mes…
Michelin freezes salaries in North America
Added: 16 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Greenville, South Carolina -- Michelin North America Inc. will cancel bonuses …
Michelin foot pump wins magazine award
Added: 16 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stoke-on-Trent, UK -- Michelin foot pumps have won the top two places in compa…
European passenger car sales down by 27% in January
Added: 13 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- New passenger car registrations in Europe fell by by 27 percent in…
Tyre market meltdown continues
Added: 13 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS) Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market data for the month o…
Michelin to cut capital expenditure by half
Added: 13 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin has said it will cut its capital expenditure in 2009 to euro…
Michelin net falls by half in 2008: volumes down by 16% in Q4
Added: 13 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin hs announced a small decline in sales and profits down by ab…
News from elsewhere on the web (13 Feb 2009)
Added: 13 Feb 2009
(16 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Drop in Chinese demand dents Sibur's rubber output
Added: 13 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (PRW)
Russian petrochemicals group Sibur Holding reported a 13 percent drop in rubb…
PPG claims its Agilon silicas eliminate silanisation and outgassing
Added: 13 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- PPG Industries' silicas business has introduced a …
Michelin, NASA take Tweel to the moon
Added: 13 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- Michelin is supplying an adaptation of its Tweel idea for NA…
Michelin, Valeo to work on electrical drive systems
Added: 13 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Valeo and Michelin are to coordinate the development of electric and…
USW to vote on contract at Goodyear plant
Added: 13 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Danville, Virginia -- United Steelworkers Local 831 members at Goodyear's truc…
Yokohama net income fell 99 percent in first nine months
Added: 12 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., said operating income in the nine mont…
