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ContiTech goes for plastics blow-moulding
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Waltershausen, Germany -- ContiTech Fluid Technology is breaking into plastic …

RMA non-tyre spinoff group presents its vision
Added: 11 Jun 2010
By Edward Noga, Rubber & Plastics News Staff
Fairlawn, Ohio -- At the final annual meeting of the El…

UK aims to raise awareness of bladder cancer
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bristol, UK -- A UK-based group, Action on Bladder Cancer (ABC) aims to raise …

Magna centralises purchasing, expects to trim its suppliers
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (AN)
Windsor, Ontario -- In the wake of the recession, Magna North America has tigh…

News from elsewhere on the web (11 June 2010)
Added: 11 Jun 2010
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

CMAI's Thoelke to move to olefins
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Duesseldorf, Germany -- Matthew Thoelke, well-known to many in the polymer sec…

Marangoni expands into South Africa
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Rovereto, Italy -- Marangoni Retreading Systems is to cooperate with Marathon,…

Study finds 26% non-compliance with REACH
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Helsinki, Finland -- A project by a group connected to the European Chemical…

Gasket and seal market studied
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Global Industry Analysts has published a new report titled,…

World speciality silica market studied
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cleveland, Ohio -- Freedonia Group, Inc. has published a new report titled, Wo…

Italian tyre aftermarket studied
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, Italy Afterm…

Rubber goods plant stops production at Honda in China
Added: 10 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kunshan, Jiangsu province -- Striking workers clashed with police outside the …

Bandag extends dealer network in Europe
Added: 10 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels, Belgium -- Bandag has strengthened its European network with the ad…

China May car sales rise 'only' 26%, slowest growth rate this year
Added: 10 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (AN)
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -- China's passenger-car sales in May rose 26 perce…

VW to build 300,000-vehicle capacity China plant
Added: 10 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (AN)
TOKYO (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen AG will build a new plant in southern China, d…

FTS reports inaccurate data on 2,659 tires
Added: 10 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington DC -- Union, New Jersey-based tyre importer Foreign Tire Sales In…

News from elsewhere on the web (10 June 2010)
Added: 10 Jun 2010
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Goodyear changes finance team
Added: 9 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Companyhas made changes in its fina…

Sibur to buy Amtel debt
Added: 9 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow -- In a major restructuring of the Russian tyre sector, Sibur is to buy…

Apollo announces Euro 200 million investment programme
Added: 9 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres has outlined the budgets for a series of expans…