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Michelin to install huge solar power array at Cuneo, Italy

Added: 28 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Cuneo, Italy -- Group Michelin plans to install more than 147 000 m2 of solar…

S&P says Conti, "unlikely to achieve our debt-protection requirements"

Added: 28 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

London-- Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded Continental AG'…

ERJ seeks information from machinery makers

Added: 27 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Each year, ERJ reports on the global rubber machinery business. Part of the re…

News from elsewhere on the web (27 January 2009)

Added: 27 Jan 2009

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Marangoni consolidates retreading at Rovereto

Added: 27 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Rovereto, Italy -- Marangoni Pneumatici has consolidated its retreading activi…

Michelin UK exits tyre-burning JV

Added: 27 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Staffordshire, UK -- Lafarge Cement UK and Michelin Tyre plc said their joint-…

Conti to spin off tyre, rubber unit

Added: 26 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hanover -- The merged Continental-Schaeffler group is to spin off its rubber u…

Hippe to leave Conti for ThyssenKrupp

Added: 26 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hanover, Germany -- Alan Hippe has left Continental and will shortly take up a…

Amtel delays shareholder meeting - Sale still possible

Added: 26 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Moscow -- Amtel Vredestein said it is delaying a shareholders' meeting that ha…

News from elsewhere on the web (26 January 2009)

Added: 26 Jan 2009

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Ontario winter tyre laws boost Conti's Canadian sales

Added: 26 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Toronto, Canada -- Continental Tire Canada Inc. doubled its sales last year ba…

Cooper, trial lawyers settle lawsuit

Added: 26 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Oxforf, Mississippi -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. settled its $189 million law…

Kumho puts US plant on hold for one year

Added: 26 Jan 2009

By Sigmund J. Mikolajczyk, Tire Business staff

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic -- As executive after …

European CV sales down by 9 percent in 2008

Added: 23 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- In 2008, demand for new commercial vehicles decreased by 9.0 perce…

DongAh changes name of UK acquisition

Added: 23 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Taylor, Michigan -- Dongah Tire & Rubber Corp., a leading supplier of rubber p…

News from elsewhere on the web (23 January 2009)

Added: 23 Jan 2009

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Artis runs elastomer training course

Added: 23 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (RD)

Wiltshire, UK - UK-based Artis, the rubber engineering specialist, is running…

JK Tyre announces loss in Q4

Added: 23 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

New Delhi, India -- JK Tyre & Industries Limited has said a loss in the fourth…

Daetwyler uses new extrusion line for seals

Added: 23 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (RD)

Schattdorf, Switzerland - Daetwyler Rubber, specialist in rubber technology, …

Bridgestone to phase out car, LT tyres at Tennessee plant

Added: 23 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone Americas Inc. will phase out car and light…