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Bankrupt Saargummi unit wins rescue package
Added: 17 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Frankfurt, Germany -- Banks and automotive customers have agreed a rescue pack…

Tyre sales recovery easing around the world
Added: 17 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli has updated its website with tyre sales for the month …

Chain of events blows up NR costs
Added: 17 Nov 2010
By Miles Moore, ERJ staff (R&PN)
New York -- A “perfect storm†of circumstances-including floods…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 Nov 2010)
Added: 17 Nov 2010
(28 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Oudshoorn slams Chinese silica mixing
Added: 17 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- Speaking at a press event in India, Rob Oudshoorn, CEO of Vre…

Tennessee offers Goodyear's Union City plant $2 million
Added: 17 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Union City, Tennessee -- Goodyear is considering a “no strings attached†$…

UK to reduce fines for low-tread bikers
Added: 17 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- UK Road Safety Minister Mike Penning has proposed changes to fixed p…

Short report published on Avon Rubber
Added: 17 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Business Review has published a new report titled, Avon Rubber PLC: S…

Geely president Li Shufu admits disputes with Volvo managers
Added: 17 Nov 2010
By Yang Jian ERJ staff (AN)
Shanghai, China -- Three months after becoming the new owner of the Swed…

NR prices "are killing us" - Apollo's Kanwar
Added: 16 Nov 2010
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Mumbai, India -- Neeraj Kanwar, chief executive of Apollo Tyres, told ERJ,…

EU passenger car sales fell sharply in October
Added: 16 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- ACEA data shows that new car registrations in the EU decreased to …

Pirelli Russian plans include winter, farm tyres
Added: 16 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Milan, italy -- Pirelli & C SpA's industrial plans for Russia - expected to be…

News from elsewhere on the web (16 Nov 2010)
Added: 16 Nov 2010
(23 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone moving Bandag unit to Nashville, cutting 18 positions
Added: 16 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Nashville, Tennessee -- As part of an effort to restructure its North America…

Supplier profits boost M&A expectations
Added: 16 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (AN)
Detroit, Michigan -- A little over a year ago, Federal-Mogul Corp. was licking…

Smithers Rapra unites under one brand
Added: 16 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Shrewsbury, UK -- Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd. in the UK and Smithers Scie…

Thailand's SBR market studied
Added: 16 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Global Data has published a new report titled, Styrene-Butadiene Rubb…

Trio of butadiene reports published
Added: 16 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Global Data has published three new reports on the butadiene industry…

Maxxis to re-vamp UK website
Added: 16 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Maxxis International is planning a re-launch of its UK website from …

Tyre sealant company wins Post Office contract
Added: 16 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Wellington, Somerset, UK -- Air-Seal Products Ltd is to be the sole provider o…