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Petlas aims to expand
Added: 25 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kirsehir, Turkey - Petlas senior management has given a series of interviews t…

Horror movie casts tyre in killer role
Added: 25 Mar 2011
By David Shaw staff
London - Rubber is the title of an off-beat horror movie directed and produced b…

Yokohama wins environmental award for cashew nut development
Added: 25 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. Said it has received the "Mortimer T. Ha…

Audi selects Bridgestones for A1
Added: 25 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels - Audi AG has selected Bridgestone's new flagship ultra high-performa…

JSR stops EPDM production at Kashima unit, warns of shortages
Added: 24 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kashima, Japan - JSR Corp said it has stopped the limited production of rubber…

Kumho addresses production concerns at China plant
Added: 24 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Rancho Cucamonga, California - Kumho Tire Co. Inc. said it has investigated pr…

Sumitomo re-opens Shirakawa tyre plant
Added: 24 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kobe, Japan - Sumitomo Rubber's Shirakawa Factory resumed its operations on Tu…

NR prices in mixed moves
Added: 24 Mar 2011
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges continued to ease on selling p…

Toyo's Sendai plant resumes partial production
Added: 24 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Sendai, Japan - Toyo Tires has announced that its Sendai Plant, which makes ca…

Cooper-Standard Q4 earnings fall, sales increase
Added: 24 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Detroit, Michigan -- Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. reported a sharp drop in fo…

News from elsewhere on the web (24 March 2011)
Added: 24 Mar 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Conti raises car tyre prices in Europe
Added: 24 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany - Continental AG will be increasing the prices for all passen…

Winter tyre profits boost Delticom results
Added: 24 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany - 2010 was a successful year for Delticom, Europe's leading o…

Rubber Board seeks input on 5-year plan
Added: 24 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottayam, Kerala, India - India's Rubber Board Chairman Ms. Sheela Thomas has …

Michelin voted one of the world's top brands
Added: 24 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - Michelin ranked second, after the Google brand, in a corporate reputat…

Ansell raises prices of gloves
Added: 24 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Ansell Medical Solutions Europe has announced “substantial†pr…

Yokohama reveals motorsport plans for 2011
Added: 24 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced its 2011 motor sports pla…

US tyre-burning power plant closes after legal, financial problems
Added: 24 Mar 2011
By Steve Daniels, Crain News Service
Chicago, Illinois - A Ford Heights, Illinois, facility that bur…

Goodyear targeting record income by 2013
Added: 23 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
New York -- Goodyear is targeting record operating income of $1.6 billion in f…

Goodyear spending $1B on 'high value-added' capacities
Added: 23 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
New York -- Goodyear is spending more than $1 billion through 2013 to add 19 m…