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Teijin announces 'green' polyester tyre cords
Added: 15 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Teijin Fibers has developed a recycled polyester material which, it s…

Algol to cease distribution of PolymerLatex products
Added: 15 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
marl, Germany -- PolymerLatex has said it is ending its relationship with Algo…

News from elsewhere on the web (15 December 2008)
Added: 15 Dec 2008
(21 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone to double conveyor belt capacity in Yokohama
Added: 15 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to double production capacity of steel-reinforce…

Goodyear makes finance appointments
Added: 15 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has announced several leadership changes in its HQ-ba…

Nokian scales back sales, earnings forecast
Added: 15 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business staff report©
Nokia, Finland -- Nokian Tyres PLC is cautioning sh…

Sale of SmarTire Systems is now final
Added: 15 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Richmond, British Columbia (Dec. 12, 2008) - Germany's Knorr-Bremse Group has …

Prachaya Jumpasut launches consultancy business
Added: 15 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- A new company led by former chief economist at the IRSG offers consu…

Dow to close Seadrift EPDM plant
Added: 12 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Midland, Michigan -- The plant closings planned for 2009 by Dow Chemical Co. w…

News from elsewhere on the web (12 December 2008)
Added: 12 Dec 2008
(21 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Cabot to cut production up to 40 percent in face of 'extended slowdown'
Added: 12 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts -- Cabot Corp intends heavily to cut output of its mater…

Former Bridgestone exec pleads guilty in Marine Hose case
Added: 12 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington, DC -- Yet another scalp has fallen to the Marine Hose price fixing…

Tokai opens AVS plant in Kyushu
Added: 12 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bungotakada City, Oita Prefecture, Japan -- Tokai Rubber Industrieshas opened …

GM resists making early payments to US suppliers
Added: 12 Dec 2008
By Robert Sherefkin (AN)
Automotive News
Detroit, Michigan -- General Motors Corp. is resisting press…

Flexsys drops South Korean patent infringement lawsuit against Kumho
Added: 12 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Seoul, Korea -- Flexsys Americas LP has dropped an appeal of a patent infringe…

Bridgestone opens SBR plant in China
Added: 12 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone (Huizhou) Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd. (“BSRCâ€), a who…

Conti extends chairman's contract 5 years
Added: 12 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental AG's Supervisory Board has extended the contr…

Conti inititates cost-cutting measures
Added: 12 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business staff report©
Hannover, Germany -- Seeking to reduce the impact o…

US car sales could hit 26-year low next year
Added: 12 Dec 2008
By Arlena Sawyers, Crain News Service
Detroit, Michigan -- Sales of new cars and trucks in the US ar…

Goodyear to take production break at Fayetteville plant
Added: 12 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear will halt production at its Fayetteville, North Caroli…