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Rival retread tyre group touted in US
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Tire Business staff report, a Crain publication
Pacific Grove, California - Following dismissal from…

API hiking prices up to 10% on 7 brands
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Tire Business staff report, a Crain publication
Valencia, California - American Pacific Industries I…

Myers Tire Supply launches tyre inflation programme
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Tire Business staff report, a Crain publication
Akron, Ohio - Myers Industries Inc.'s Myers Tire Sup…

Rapra and Smithers Rapra - an explanation
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Duesseldorf, Germany -- While Smithers Scientific acquired the assets of Rapra Technology Ltd in Ap…

Sibur to exit tyre business - eventually
Added: 28 Oct 2010
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Duesseldorf, Germany -- Sibur expects eventually to exit the tyre business …

Ford to spend additional $850 million, add 1200 jobs in Michigan
Added: 27 Oct 2010
Automotive News staff report, a Crain publication
October 25, 2010
DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor …

Honda recalls 528 000 vehicles in brake-seal action
Added: 27 Oct 2010
Automotive News staff report, a Crain publication
25 October 2010
Honda Motor Co. is recalling 528 00…

Ford reports record $1.7 billion Q3 profit
Added: 27 Oct 2010
Jamie LaReau, Automotive News, a Crain publication
26 Oct 2010
Ford Q3 press release
DETROIT -- Ford …

Continental in Chinese brake-systems joint venture
Added: 26 Oct 2010
Shanghai, China - Continental AG, the international automotive industry supplier, has established a…

News from elsewhere on the web (27 Oct 2010)
Added: 26 Oct 2010
Chinese electric car maker sees earnings plummet
BYD Co, a Chinese carmaker backed by US billionaire…

Hankook postpones tyre price hike
Added: 26 Oct 2010
Tire Business staff report, a Crain publication
Wayne, New Jersey -In a letter dated Oct. 19 to its …

Hankook Tire reports record sales in third quarter
Added: 26 Oct 2010
Seoul, Korea - Hankook Tire, claiming to be the seventh-largest and one of the fastest growing tyre…

Carlisle reports rise in sales for third quarter 2010
Added: 26 Oct 2010
Charlotte, North Carolina - Carlisle Companies Inc, a diversified global manufacturer with activite…

Customised tyre insurance for BMW and Mini owners
Added: 26 Oct 2010
Guildford, UK - The Allianz Retail arm of Allianz Insurance plc is to provide customised tyre insur…

EU truck registrations up in September
Added: 26 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- In September, registrations of new commercial vehicles rose by 13.…

Momentive builds LSR centre in Leverkusen
Added: 26 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DR)
Albany, New York - Momentive Performance Materials has started building a liqu…

US orders large trucks to reduce emissions as much as 20% by 2018
Added: 26 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (AN)
Washington DC (Reuters) -- The Obama administration has proposed the first eve…

Rubberised asphalt advocates try to dispel US highway officials' fears
Added: 26 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
By Miles Moore, Rubber & Plastics News Staff
Cleveland, Ohio -- Rubberised asph…

Teknor adding compounding capacity in United Kingdom
Added: 26 Oct 2010
By Frank Esposito, ERJ staff (PN)
Pawtucket, Rhode Island - Teknor Apex Co. is installing a compound…

News from elsewhere on the web (26 Oct 2010)
Added: 26 Oct 2010
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Re…