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Flexsys files new patent infringement complaint
Added: 19 May 2008
Washington DC -- Flexsys America LP has filed a new complaint before the US International Trade Com…

Sketchbook from Moscow - Amtel-Vredestein and Sibur Russian Tires
Added: 13 May 2008
By David Shaw, ERJ editor
Moscow - I was wrong. A few months ago I blogged from Geneva saying that I…

Pirelli report sales increase and earnings slip in Q1
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Milan - Pirelli Tyre SpA has a slight decrease in earnings for the quarter en…

Kumho breaks ground on US tyre plant
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Macon, Georgia - Despite heavy damage from severe storms in early May, Kumho …

Flexsys file new patent-infringement with ITC
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Washington DC - Solutia Inc unit, Flexsys America LP has filed a new complain…

Yokohama Rubber establishes Asian purchasing subsidiary
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Bangkok, Thailand - Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd., established in February this ye…

Yokohama begin fourth expansion of Hiroshima OTR plant
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hiroshima, Japan - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced a fourth-pha…

Yokohama brings in new guard at senior management level
Added: 13 May 2008
Senior management changes at Yokohama
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo, Japan - Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.…

Yokohama establishes Brazilian subsidiary
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo, Japan - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced the establishme…

Yokohama earnings surge on higher intl. sales
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo, Japan - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that its opera…

India bans rubber futures trading for at least 4 months
Added: 9 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- India's Forward Markets Commission (FMC) has banned futures t…

ECHA restricts on-line pre-registration tools for REACH
Added: 9 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki -- Problems with software means the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) …

News from elsewhere on the web (9 May 2008)
Added: 9 May 2008
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Apollo tyres profit doubles in year to March
Added: 9 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, Haryana, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd said consolidated revenues grew by…

Lanxess to move Sarnia R&D to Western Ontario University
Added: 9 May 2008
London, Ontario Canada - Lanxess is moving its Canadian research activities to the University of We…

Kumho to hold groundbreaking for US tyre plant
Added: 9 May 2008
Rancho Cucamonga, California -- Kumho Tire USA Inc. will hold a groundbreaking on 12 May for its $2…

Egypt concerned at S Africa's carbon black duties
Added: 9 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva -- In a World Trade Organisation meeting, Egypt expressed concern that …

Superior wins Queen's Award for Enterprise from UK
Added: 9 May 2008
Dorset, UK - Manufacturing company Superior Group Limited is celebrating after being chosen by the …

ContiTech retrofitting Hungarian bus fleet
Added: 8 May 2008
Hanover, Germany - ContiTech Vibration Control is installing Schwingmetall cone mounts in Miskolc, …

Swellfix appoints new chief commercial officer in US
Added: 8 May 2008
Aberdeen, Scotland -- Swellfix, the UK-based producer of swellable elastomers for the oil industry,…