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Michelin's sales up 12.2% in 1st quarter
Added: 30 Apr 2010
Tire Business staff report
Paris -- Group Michelin's sales revenue jumped 12.2 percent in the first …

Goodyear seeks voluntary layoffs at plant
Added: 30 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Fayetteville, North Carolina -- Goodyear has asked about 70 employees at its c…

BMW replaces Toyota as most valuable global car brand
Added: 29 Apr 2010
By Paul McVeigh, Crain News Service
Detroit, Michigan -- BMW AG has overtaken Toyota Motor Corp. as …

NR producers expect prices to remain high
Added: 29 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Kuala Lumpur -- A rapid global economic recovery, causing natural rubber deman…

IISRP extends affiliate status to distributors, agents
Added: 29 Apr 2010
Crain News Service report
Houston, Texas -- Agents and distributors will be given the opportunity to…

Yokohama Tire Philippines earns performance award
Added: 29 Apr 2010
Tire Business staff report
Pampanga, Philippines -- Yokohama Tire Philippines Inc. (YTPI), a subsidi…

Cabot's carbon black volumes up 28% in Q2
Added: 29 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Boston, Massachusetts -- Carbon black producer Cabot Corp. has reported sales …

Carlisle remains cautious despite positive first quarter
Added: 29 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Carlisle Companies Inc.'s Engineered Transport So…

ContiTech opens new Euro 10M belt plant in Brazil
Added: 29 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hanover, Germany -- ContiTech has opened a new 5000-sq.m conveyor belt and tex…

China Sunsine to build new accelerator site in Weifang
Added: 29 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Singapore -- Rubber accelerator producer China Sunsine Chemical Holdings Ltd. …

ITEC registration now open
Added: 29 Apr 2010
Tire Business staff report
Akron, Ohio -- Tyre dealers and others planning to attend the newly expan…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 April 2010)
Added: 29 Apr 2010
(9 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Goodyear drops Remington as consumer tyre brand in US
Added: 29 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has phased the Remington associate brand out of its co…

Michelin hiking tyre prices in US
Added: 28 Apr 2010
Rubber and Plastics News
Greenville, South Carolina -- Michelin North America Inc. said it will boos…

Conti to use fresh slogan in US
Added: 28 Apr 2010
By Bruce Davis, Tire Business Staff
Nassau, Bahamas -- Continental Tire the Americas (CTA) will go t…

Bridgestone Europe to supply Volvo with OE tyres
Added: 28 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Brussels -- Bridgestone Europe has signed a long-term contract to supply Volvo…

Goodyear has strong first quarter
Added: 28 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has reported 2010 first quarter year…

Conti's rubber group reports positive Q1
Added: 28 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Continental's rubber group has reported sales of around Eu…

Engel adds LWB injection unit to elastomer machines
Added: 28 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Schwertberg, Austria - Engel has announced that LWB Steinl's patented EF-E inj…

DSM Elastomers Q1 sales up 38%
Added: 28 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Heerlen, the Netherlands -- Royal DSM NV's 2010 first quarter (Q1) results hav…