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Fiat, Toyota, Ford lead sixth consecutive monthly drop in Europe car sales
Added: 18 Oct 2010
Paul McVeigh, Automotive News Europe, A Crain Publication
Fiat SpA, Toyota Motor Corp. and Ford Moto…

Toyo Tire USA to increase prices Nov 1
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DRR)
Cypress, California - Effective 1 Nov, Toyo Tire USA Corp. will increase pric…

Hexpol buys Excel Polymers
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Malmö, Sweden -- Hexpol AB is to buy global rubber compounding group Excel P…

Tyre sales data shows recovery continues
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli has updated its website with tyre sales for the month …

Asahi Kasei to build S-SBR plant in Singapore
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Asahi Kasei Chemicals has said it will construct a new plant to p…

News from elsewhere on the web (18 Oct 2010)
Added: 18 Oct 2010
(12 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Imerys raises prices in N America
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Atlanta, georgia -- Imerys Performance Minerals North America has announced pr…

Asian NR markets follow upward trend - IRCo
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bangkok -- Rubber prices tested $4 / kg across Asia, according to the weekly p…

Change a flat? What's that?
Added: 18 Oct 2010
By Bruce Davis ERJ staff
Detroit, Michigan -- For decades, US the auto and tyre industries have cha…

Michelin rolls out software for tyre retailers in Australia
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melbourne, Australia -- Michelin is rolling out a new electronic ordering syst…

USTR launches trade investigation of China's 'green' technologies
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC --At the request of the United Steelworkers (USW) union, the Off…

Land Rover approves Conti winter tyres for OE
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Continental's ContiCrossContact Winter tyres have been approved in s…

Trelleborg AVS wins fitments in Malaysia
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg Industrial AVS has won the contract to supply…

US non-tyre rubber good business studied
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Supplier Relations US has published a new report titled, Ru…

Report studies isoprene, 1,3 butadiene
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Merchant Research and Consulting Ltd has published a new re…

European car production decline continues
Added: 15 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- EU September registrations of new cars decreased by 9.6 percent co…

Pirelli revises 2010 forecasts upwards
Added: 15 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is revising upward its sales and earnings …

Conti commissions new hose lines in Mexico
Added: 15 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mexico City -- ContiTech Fluid Mexicana S.A. de C.V. officially began producti…

News from elsewhere on the web (15 Oct 2010)
Added: 15 Oct 2010
(23 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Re…

One third of UK motorists buy tyres online - Delticom
Added: 15 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Price, choice and convenience are the principle reasons wh…