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NHTSA denies Goodyear petition on 18 mis-labelled tyres
Added: 22 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- Goodyear must formally recall 18 Goodyear Eagle RS-A passenge…
US hose & belt market studied
Added: 22 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- IbisWorld has published a new report titled, GHose & Belt Manufacturi…
Yokohama expects to record a loss in current fiscal year
Added: 21 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Yokohama Rubber Co. has said it expects to make a consolidated net lo…
Nokian aims to cut more jobs in heavy tyre unit
Added: 21 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nokia, Finland -- Nokian Heavy Tyres Ltd is to start new statutory negotiation…
Nokian plans 232 job cuts at car & van unit
Added: 21 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nokian, Finland -- Nokian tyres said it has copleted negotiations with workers…
News from elsewhere on the web (21 January 2009)
Added: 21 Jan 2009
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Avon Rubber returns to profit in Q1
Added: 21 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Avon Rubber plc said it has has returned to profitability (Profit Be…
Junio to replace Zekowski as head of Goodyear's Lux tech centre
Added: 21 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Luxembourg -- Marc Junio, former General Director of the Goodyear R&D Technica…
EPA aims $100k fine at US rubber company for clean air violations
Added: 21 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Chicago, Illinois -- the US Environmental Protection Agency has filed a compla…
Cabot appoints new CFO
Added: 21 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts -- Cabot Corp. has named Eduardo Cordeiro as Chief Fina…
MBT implicated as possible human carcinogen
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- A report published in a respected, peer-reviewed publication has imp…
European replacement tyre sales fall 8% in 2008
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Sales of replacement car tyres fell 8 percent in Europe in 2008, w…
Hankook breaks even in 2008, despite strong sales growth
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Seoul, Korea - Despite record sales for the 12 months to December 2008, Han…
News from elsewhere on the web (20 January 2009)
Added: 20 Jan 2009
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…
Lanxess appoints site manager at new Singapore butyl rubber plant
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Singapore - Lanxess Butyl Pte. Ltd., subsidiary of specialty chemicals group …
Yokohama holds tree-planting ceremony in Thailand
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo, Japan - As part of its 'Yokohama Forever Forest' project Yokohama Rubb…
US Study shows new, retread truck tyres have similar failure rates
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington, DC -- New and retreaded medium truck tyres have pretty much the …
Michelin brings back Oklahoma employees, but not contract workers
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Ardmore, Oklahom -- Michelin North America Inc. has ended a temporary shutdown…
Goodyear tyres carry Obama to the presidency
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Akron, Ohio - As Barack Obama verges on his inauguration as the 44th Presiden…
Apollo profits fall by 90 percent in Q3
Added: 19 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres reports sales down and profits sharply down on …
