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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

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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

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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

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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…