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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…

Sicom's new trading system up and running
Added: 22 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Sicom -- the Singapore Commodity Exchange -- has successfully int…

Magnum links with Sekhar Research
Added: 22 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida -- Magnum d'Or and Sekhar Research Innovations Sdn Bh…

News from elsewhere on the web (22 Sept 2008)
Added: 22 Oct 2008
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Cooper's capacity study may recommend plant closure
Added: 22 Oct 2008
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is likely to close one of its four US tyre plants as a re…

Bridgestone revises mid-term management plan for 2008
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has revised its mid-term management plan (MTP2008) …

Report studies China's tyre retreading and recycling sector
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- China Research & Intelligence has published a new report ti…

Trelleborg's O-ring plant moves to 4-day week in Malta
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Malta -- Trelleborg's Sealing Systems unit has announced that all employees at…

Rubber Foundation Lecture set for 30 October in London
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The one day conference on 'Time Dependent Behaviour of Rubber' organ…

Cabot breaks ground on Chinese fumed silica plant
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tianjin, China -- Cabot Corp. has broken ground on its new fumed silica manufa…

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

ElringKlinger issues profits warning on downturn
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dettingen/Erms, Germany -- ElringKlinger AG has downgraded its sales and earni…

EU researchers investigate alternatives to Hevea Brasiliensis
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Lausanne, Switzerland -- A new EU-funded project aims to find alternatives to …

Bridgestone wins single tyre supplier for the MotoGP
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Sepang, Malaysia -- Bridgestone will be the single tyre supplier for the MotoG…

Bridgestone opens carbon black plant in the Americas
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- On October 17, Mexico Carbon Manufacturing SA DE CV (“MXCBâ€), a …

Trelleborg announces new shaped-hose production process
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg Automotive said it has developed automotive h…