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Bridgestone forced to compensate shareholders over ATX claims
Added: 24 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Anyone who bought shares in Bridgestone Corp. du…

EPDM facilities recovering from hurricane setbacks
Added: 24 Oct 2008
By Bruce Meyer, Crain Staff
Akron, Ohio -- With all 495 000 metric tons of North American EPDM capac…

Chem-Trend expanding German site
Added: 24 Oct 2008
Howell, Michigan -- Chem-Trend L.P. is expanding its facility in Norderstedt, Germany, to meet incr…

Firestone's Industrial Products website adds languages
Added: 24 Oct 2008
Indianapolis, Indiana -- Firestone Industrial Products Co. L.L.C.'s Web site is now available in ei…

Goodyear, Bridgestone apply for grants in North Carolina
Added: 24 Oct 2008
Raleigh, North Carolina -- Goodyear and Bridgestone/Firestone (BFS) could receive up to $30 million…

Global disposable medical glove market studied
Added: 24 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
San Jose, California -- Global Industry Analysts, Inc., r has published a new …

Scrap rubber is a substance under REACH legislation
Added: 24 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- UK-based DEFRA, the ministry for the environment, has clarified the …

Fenner PLC to contact financial authorities after malicious rumours
Added: 24 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Fenner PLC is to contact the UK-based Financial Services Authority (…

Yokohama opens truck/bus plant in Suzhou
Added: 24 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has officially opened a plant for manuf…

Apollo reports strong sales growth in first half
Added: 23 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, India, -- Apollo Tyres Ltd, has published unaudited second quarter a…

Avon Rubber's Michigan facility turns in a profit
Added: 23 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melksham, UK -- Avon Rubber PLC said its Cadillac Michigan facility has gener…

SmarTire plans to sell business to Bendix
Added: 23 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, -- SmarTire Systems Inc. said it has signe…

News from elsewhere on the web (23 Oct 2008)
Added: 23 Oct 2008
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

Call for papers - Rapra silicones conference
Added: 23 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shrewsbury, UK -- Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd. is organising its third Sili…

Carlisle's income drops, sales rise in third quarter
Added: 23 Oct 2008
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Carlisle Companies Inc. reported a decline in both net and operating i…

Gates to add plant in Turkey
Added: 23 Oct 2008
Denver, Colorado -- Gates Corp. plans to build a factory in Turkey to produce oil pumps and tension…

Run-flat tyres to remain a niche product - Michelin
Added: 23 Oct 2008
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Ladoux, France -- Michelin's research director Philippe Denimal, said Miche…

Michelin expects no slowdown in demand for large mining tyres
Added: 23 Oct 2008
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Ladoux, France -- Luc Minguet, president of Michelin's global OTR tyre acti…

Michelin to focus on profitable projects in R&D
Added: 23 Oct 2008
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Ladoux, France -- According to Didier Miraton, one of Michelin's three Gér…

Global synthetic rubber business analysed
Added: 22 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
San Jose, California -- Global Industry Analysts, Inc., has published a new re…