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Tougher CO2 rules might help automotive suppliers
Added: 18 Aug 2008
By Bettina Mayer, Automotive News Europe
A growing demand by carmakers for innovative systems to sav…

Double Coin chairman removed over serious disciplinary violation
Added: 18 Aug 2008
By Namrita Chow, ERJ correspondent
Shanghai, China -- A senior executive at China's Double Coin Hold…

Tree Island to focus more on bead wire
Added: 18 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Vancouver, British Columbia -- A Canadian wire producer fund says it intends t…

Report investigates exam gloves
Added: 18 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Marketstrat, Inc. has published a new report titled, Resear…

Lanxess improved margins in the first half
Added: 18 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- In the first six months of 2008, Lanxess AG improved it…

News from elsewhere on the web (18 August 2008)
Added: 18 Aug 2008
(18 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Apollo restarts European plant site search
Added: 15 Aug 2008
Tire Business staff report
Gurgaon, India - Apollo Tyres Ltd. has withdrawn its application to build…

Pirelli to raise prices up to 7 percent from 1 Nov
Added: 15 Aug 2008
Tire Business staff report
Rome, Georgia - Pirelli Tyre North America Inc. will raise prices up to 7…

US driving reaches eight month decline
Added: 14 Aug 2008
WASHINGTON (Aug. 13, 2008) - Since last November, Americans have
decreased their driving by 53.2 bil…

Conti boards reject Schaeffler bid -- again
Added: 14 Aug 2008
(Aug. 13, 2008) -- Continental A.G.'s supervisory and executive boards
are recommend…

Sumitomo earnings drop despite 12% sales gain
Added: 14 Aug 2008
Kobe,
Japan (Aug. 13, 2008) -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) suffered
double-digit drops in o…

SAE publishes book on tyre failure analysis
Added: 13 Aug 2008
WARRENDALE, Pa. (Aug. 12, 2008) -- The Society of Automotive Engineers International has published …

Excel restructuring plant, cutting staff in US
Added: 13 Aug 2008
SOLON, Ohio (Aug. 13, 2008) - Excel Polymers L.L.C. has decided to restructure its Dyersburg, Tenn.…

Pirelli partners with university in search of fuel efficient tyre
Added: 13 Aug 2008
JINAN, China (Aug. 12, 2008) - In an attempt to discover a new generation of ecologically friendly …

Bridgestone Bandag tread design in full production
Added: 13 Aug 2008
MUSCATINE, Iowa (Aug. 13, 2008) - Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions' (BBTS) Continuum C1073 tread d…

Goodyear UK fined for health & safety breach
Added: 12 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Birmingham, UK -- Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd, of Wingfoot Way, Birmingham ha…

IRSG meeting to coincide with Tyrexpo Asia in March
Added: 12 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- The IRSG, organiser of the World Rubber Summit is cooperating wit…

News from elsewhere on the web (12 August 2008)
Added: 12 Aug 2008
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Film made from siloxane rubber and carbon nanotubes is highly conductive
Added: 12 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Researchers in Japan have developed a highly-conductive film which co…

SWOT report published for Cooper Tire
Added: 12 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Frankfurt, Germany -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, Cooper Ti…