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Goodyear to cut truck tyre production across Europe

Added: 5 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Colmar-Berg, Luxemburg - Goodyear Luxembourg has informed staff that the produ…

SmarTire, Schrader settle TPMS patent dispute

Added: 5 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Richmond, British Columbia,-- SmarTire Systems Inc. said it has settled its p…

News from elsewhere on the web (05 Sept 2008)

Added: 5 Sep 2008

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Skellerup converts loss to profit in year to June

Added: 5 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Christchurch, New Zealand -- Skellerup Holdings has moved back into the black …

Ceat lays off employees at Bhandup for 2 days

Added: 5 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Mumbai, India -- Ceat Ltd said it has laid off workers for two days at its fa…

Petlas cuts back on expansion plans

Added: 5 Sep 2008

Washington DC -- Turkish tyre maker Petlas Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS has obtained a $30 million l…

Conti sponsors round of World Cup soccer

Added: 5 Sep 2008

Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG has been named an official sponsor for the qualifying round of S…

Short report looks at global tyre, rubber industry

Added: 5 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a short report titled, Global Tir…

DSM Elastomers makes prospectus available

Added: 4 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Heerlen, Netherlands -- DSM Elastomers has released its sale prospectus and ot…

Report studies China's tyre industry

Added: 4 Sep 2008

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Dublin, Ireland -- China Intelligence & Research has published a new report ti…

Report studies isoprene and 1,3 butadiene

Added: 4 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Merchant Research and Consulting Ltd. has published a new r…

Veyance buys Brazilian service company

Added: 4 Sep 2008

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Sao Paulo, Brazil -- Veyance Technologies, Inc., has bought RCT Servicos de Vu…

News from elsewhere on the web (04 Sept 2008)

Added: 4 Sep 2008

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Continental Carbon fights challenges in N.A.

Added: 4 Sep 2008

By Brad Dawson

Houston, Texas-Carbon black producer Continental Carbon Co., like its competitors and…

Lion Copolymer plant returning to action

Added: 4 Sep 2008

Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- Damage from Hurricane Gustav to Lion Copolymer LLC's SBR plant in Baton R…

Schaeffler controls 48.3% of Conti shares

Added: 4 Sep 2008

Herzogenaurach, Germany -- Schaeffler Group is calling for cooperation talks with Continental AG t…

Cooper expects near $450M sales from China projects

Added: 4 Sep 2008

By Namrita Chow

CHENGSHAN, China-Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has two distinct business strategies in pl…

Thailand's Vee Rubber to target US with car, LT tyres

Added: 4 Sep 2008

By Kathy McCarron,

Lithis Springs, Georgia -- Thailand's Vee Rubber International Co. Ltd. is hoping…

Dunlop Nigeria scales back tyre production

Added: 4 Sep 2008

LAGOS, Nigeria (Sept. 2, 2008) - Dunlop Nigeria PLC, faced with rising costs and an inequitable imp…

ExxonMobil sets up compounding arrangement in China

Added: 4 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Houston, Texas-- ExxonMobil Chemical has reached a compounding agreement with …