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Cooper, USW reach tentative agreement at Texarkana plant
Added: 12 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has reached a tentative agreement w…

Pirelli named China's tyre manufacturer of the year
Added: 12 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Beijing, China -- Pirelli Tyre SpA received the Best Tyre Manufacturer of the …

Marangoni puts red tyres on Alfa M430
Added: 9 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Rovereto, italy -- Marangoni showed an all-red tyre on its stand at the Essen …

Henniges Automotive falls into receivership
Added: 9 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Grefrath, Germany -- Henniges Automotive Grefrath, its associated technical ce…

Singapore company sets up tyre retail portal
Added: 9 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- A new company is setting up what it claims to be, "Asia's first a…

Chinese NBR market studied
Added: 9 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- AMID has published a new report titled, Chinese Markets for…

Continental Tire Canada raises prices
Added: 9 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Toronto, Canada -- Continental Tire Canada Inc. will raise its truck tyre pric…

Cut in excise duty leads to lower tyre prices in India
Added: 9 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, Haryana, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd and others said they would reduce …

News from elsewhere on the web (09 December 2008)
Added: 9 Dec 2008
(16 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Michelin delivers 250,000th aircraft tyre to US military
Added: 9 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Norfolk, Virginia -- Michelin Aircraft Tire Co., a division of Michelin North …

Columbian to close UK carbon black plant
Added: 8 Dec 2008
By Andrew Smith (PRW)
Bristol, UK -- Carbon black producer Columbian Chemicals has revealed that it …

News from elsewhere on the web (08 December 2008)
Added: 8 Dec 2008
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

DuPont to cut thousands of jobs
Added: 8 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Wilmington, Delaware -- Economic hard times are prompting DuPont Co. to elimin…

Apollo locks workers out of Kalamassery plant
Added: 8 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, Haryana, Idia -- Apollo Tyres has locked workers out of the PTL plant…

Bridgestone signs AVS JV with Sundaram in India
Added: 5 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corpo. said it intends to establish a joint venture in an…

Reifen China sees visitors up by 25 percent on first day
Added: 5 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China -- Reifen China, running in parallel with RubberTech China cur…

Fluid sealing conference set for Nottingham in October
Added: 5 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nottingham, UK -- BHR has issued a call for papers for its next fluid sealing …

News from elsewhere on the web (05 December 2008)
Added: 5 Dec 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Eliokem names CEO as Collonge retires
Added: 5 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Villejust, France -- Philippe Carabin has been named CEO of Eliokem Internatio…

Cooper reaches tentative pact with Findlay workers
Added: 5 Dec 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has reached a tentative agreement wi…