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Ontario to set up scrap tyre recycling program
Added: 20 Aug 2008
Toronto, Canada -- Ontario Environment Minister John Gerretsen has directed Waste Diversion Ontario…

News from elsewhere on the web (20 August 2008)
Added: 20 Aug 2008
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Michelin aircraft tyre facility produces tyre No. 3 million
Added: 20 Aug 2008
Tire Business staff report
Norwood, North Carolia -- The tyre builders at Michelin Aircraft Tire Co.…

Goodyear closing 92 company-owned stores in US
Added: 20 Aug 2008
Tire Business staff report
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear will close 92 underperforming company-owned stor…

China's carbon black business studied
Added: 20 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- CCM International, ltd. has published a new report titled, The Future…

DSM launches white EPDM grades
Added: 20 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Heerlen, Netherlands -- DSM Elastomers is to introduce a new range of Keltan E…

Tokyo rubber sinks below Yen300/kg
Added: 20 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices of natural rubber on Tokyo's Tocom exchange closed at Yen 298/…

Industrial Rubber Products sold to private equity companies
Added: 20 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hibbing, Minnesota - Protective coatings specialist Industrial Rubber Products…

Amtel stops tyre production at Kirov due to lack of money
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow -- Amtel-Vredestein NV said it has temporarily stopped production at it…

News from elsewhere on the web (19 August 2008)
Added: 19 Aug 2008
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Apollo locks out workers at Kerala tyre plant following strike action
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kochi, Kerala, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd has been forced to temporarily shut o…

Australian car may get runflat tyres as no-cost option
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melbourne, Australia -- GM's Australian subsidiary Holden Ltd is thinking abou…

Report looks at replacement market for tyres in Italy
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, Italy Afterm…

Titan supports ITC's announcement on Chinese OTR tyre makers
Added: 19 Aug 2008
Tire Business staff report
Washington, DC - The US International Trade Commission has affirmed that …

Report looks at replacement market for tyres in Germany
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, Germany Afte…

Ansell announces profit for full year
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Richmond, Australia - Australian latex product maker Ansell Ltd. has recorded …

Cooper's increased sales push up earnings in Q2
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Novi, Michigan - Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., parent company of Cooper-Stan…

Hankook's UHP impresses in magazine tyre test
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Neu-Isenburg, Germany - Hankook Tire Co. has announced impressive results for…

FEICA announce's annual adhesives and sealants conference
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Marseille, France - FEICA, the Association of European Adhesives and Sealants…

Amtel-Vredestein debts, losses continue to mount ahead of take-over
Added: 18 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Enschede, Netherlands -- Amtel-Vredestein N.V. has reported hugely increased l…