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Million pounds of scrap tyres removed in Alabama

Added: 9 Aug 2011

Crain News Service report (WRN)

Mobile, Alabama - More than a million pounds of scrap tyre materials…

Raw-material prices up 10-20 percent, survey says

Added: 9 Aug 2011

By David Sedgwick, Automotive News staff

Detroit, Michigan -- The cost of automotive raw materials …

Michelin honored as military tyre supplier

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Columbus, Ohio - The US military's Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has awarded…

Bridgestone's first half profits exceeds expectations

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp shrugged off the effects of the Japanese earthquake …

Bridgestone expands Tianjin car tyre plant

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to increase capacity for passenger car tyres at …

Bridgestone expands Wuxi car tyre plant

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to increase capacity for passenger car tyres at …

Tokai Rubber's Q1 results down on earthquake impact

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- In the three months to 30 June 2011, Tokai Rubber Industries reported…

China imposes controls on scrap tyres

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- New rules on imported solid waste came into force in China from 1 A…

News from elsewhere on the web (08 August 2011)

Added: 8 Aug 2011

(13 items)

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

Triangle confirms 2-year halobutyl deal with Lanxess

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Weihai, Shandong -- Triangle Tire has confirmed the announcement made two week…

World carbon black market studied

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

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

NR prices on 8 August - sharply down on stock market falls

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract moved …

US market a 'tale of 2 cities' - Bridgestone exec

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

By Bruce Davis, Tire Business staff

Akron, Ohio -- The US tyre marketplace is a…

54.5 mpg: A supplier bonanza

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (AN)

Traverse City, Michigan -- To suppliers, the federal proposal to hit corporate…

How Obama's compromises make new CAFE a smaller leap

Added: 8 Aug 2011

By Neil Roland, Crain staff (AN)

Washington DC -- When is 54.5 mpg actually about 40 mpg? When it's …

Double-dip recession? Not in this (US) auto boom

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (AN)

Traverse City, Michigan -- Somebody forgot to tell the auto industry that the …

Synthos investigating new S-SBR / Nd-BR plant

Added: 5 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

London - Synthos SA is understood to be developing plans for a new plant to …

Hankook kicks off 2011/2012 football season

Added: 5 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Neu-Isenburg/Germany -- Tyre manufacturer Hankook has said it is adhering to …

Cooper Standard appoints Bill Pumphrey to North American president

Added: 5 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Novi, Michigan -- Cooper Standard has appointed Bill Pumphrey to president of…

News from elsewhere on the web (05 August 2011)

Added: 5 Aug 2011

(16 items)

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