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Michelin's search for Bibendum Windows focusses on Australia
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The focus of Michelin's hunt for its missing stained glass windows h…

Bridgestone opens sales office in Morocco
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. subsidiary, Bridgestone Middle East & Africa FZE (B…

Kumho lifts lockout in Korea
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- ICEM, the union organisation, has expressed satisfaction that …

Hexpol's acquisition of Elasto - one year on
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ã…mÃ¥l, Sweden -- Twelve months ago the then TPE division of Vita group was a…

Michelin North America appoints Autonomy to help boost web presence
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
San Francisco, California -- Autonomy Corp., a global leader in infrastructure…

Michelin restructures finance with re-purchase of loan notes
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin has re-purchased on the open market debt worth around euro 5…

Evonik triples isobutene capacity in Antwerp - now on stream
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Antwerp, Belgium --Evonik Industries has started up a new facility to
produce h…

Unions prepare global campaign against Bridgestone
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva, Switzerland -- The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine …

Lanxess raises prices for nitrile rubber products
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG is increasing its prices for its Perbunan an…

World Superbike seeks tyre tenders
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The World Superbike race series is seeking an exclusive tyre supplie…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 April 2011)
Added: 1 Apr 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Yokohama raises prices for export tyres
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., is raising prices for all tyre products…

Schaeffler reports strong growth, partially divests Conti stake
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Herzongenaurach, Germany -- Schaeffler Group set new records in sales and oper…

NR prices remain static
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges eased overnight once more.
On Tokyo…

Pirelli launches Cinturato P1
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brindisi, Italy -- Pirelli has introduced its P1 tyre aimed at small and mediu…

Delticom says online tyre sales are increasing
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Delticom, Europe's largest internet sales outlet for tyre…

Thomas, 81, an INRO founder, dies
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- P.O. Thomas, one of the founders of the Internatio…

3200 tyre shops in Thailand - GfK
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bangkok, Thailand -- As part of its coverage of Thailand's automotive industry…

Yule Catto completes PolymerLatex acquisition
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - In a brief statement to the London Stock Exchange, Yule Catto & Co pl…

WestmoonInt adds acrylic rubber to range
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hong Kong -- WestMoonint has introduced a new acrylic rubber series (ACM). Acr…