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Evonik puts carbon black business under review
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Essen, Germany -- Contrary to widespread reports in Germany, Evonik has not pu…

Nokian in the black on sales down by a quarter
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki -- Nokian tyre group remainined in the black, despite seeing sales fa…

Nizhnekamskshina commissions truck tyre line
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cologne, Germany -- Russian tyre maker, Nizhnekamskshina has commissioned its …

Russia may step up import duties on CV tyres
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cologne, Germany -- Russian tyre makers are lobbying their government to incre…

Bridgestone revises upwards its profit forecast
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has increased its profit forecast for the 12 month…

Hexpol stays in black for year, with growth in Q4
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm -- Hexpol, Europe's largest rubber compound supplier, said it saw st…

Bluestar Silicones unveils silicone elastomers for wound care
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
East Brunswick, New Jersey -- Bluestar Silicones USA Corp.'s new line of skin …

Watts sets up in Latin America
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Montevideo, Uruguay -- Watts Tyre Group, the UK based industrial tyre and whee…

Toyo's Georgia plant reaches 5-million-tyre milestone
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
White, Georgia -- Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc. recently produced…

SSL increases stake in Russian condom maker
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- SSL International plc is to increase its stake in Beleggingsmaatscha…

Continental Tire North America changes name, legal status
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Fort Mill, South Carolina -- Continental Tire North America Inc. has changed i…

Tokai's corporate auditor resigns
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- The corporate auditor of Tokai Rubber industries has resigned
Mr Ebiha…

Eliokem names new CEO
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Patrice Barthelmes has been appointed CEO of Eliokem, a worldwide spe…

Tire technology awards get it right
Added: 10 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cologne, Germany -- This year's Tire Technology awards made a brave step towar…

HF splits functions between mixing and machinery
Added: 8 Feb 2010
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Freudenberg, Germany -- Harburg Freudenberger is in the process of restruct…

Vibracoustic introduces new ultra-flexible airspring
Added: 5 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Weinheim, Germany - Vibration control company Vibracoustic, part of the Freude…

ERJ daily news service will be disrupted this week
Added: 5 Feb 2010
Cologne, Germany -- ERJ's daily news service will be disrupted duriung the week of Tire Technology.…

Some 15 ContiTread retreading plants expected to open in Mexico
Added: 5 Feb 2010
Tire Business staff report
Monterrey, Mexico -- Continental Tire North America Inc. (CTNA) expects t…

Quarterly carbon black report published
Added: 5 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Dublin, Ireland -- Notch Consulting Group has published a new report titled, Q…

Conti raising industrial tyre prices
Added: 5 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Fort Mill, South Carolina -- Continental Tire North America Inc. said it wil…