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Detroit auto show report: GM, Ford load up small cars for bigger profits
Added: 21 Jan 2010
By Jamie LaReau and Chrissie Thompson, Crain News Service
From Tire Business
Detroit, Michigan - At…

Zeon to add nitrile capacity in Japan
Added: 21 Jan 2010
Rubber & Plastics News
Louisville Kentucky - Zeon Corp. will spend $1 million (Euro 711 000) to impr…

Eliokem building Pliocord facility in China
Added: 21 Jan 2010
From Rubber & Plastics News
Villejust, France - Eliokem S.A.S. is building a plant in China to boost…

WTO to study US tariffs on Chinese tyres
Added: 21 Jan 2010
Rubber & Plastics News
Geneva - The World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Body has voted to …

Cabot increases fumed silica capacity in China
Added: 20 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts -- Cabot Corp. and China National Bluestar (Group) Co. L…

Online tyre retailer sees revenues up 20 percent
Added: 20 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- European online tyre retailer Delticom AG has reported pre…

Citroën selects Bridgestone as OE supplier
Added: 20 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- For the first time in over 70 years, French car maker Citroën has…

Edge Rubber gets $4 million federal stimulus loan
Added: 20 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania -- Tire recycler Edge Rubber L.L.C. is getting $4 m…

News from elsewhere on the web (20Jan 2010)
Added: 20 Jan 2010
(22 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Pirelli joins ethical stock index
Added: 20 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy -- Since December, Pirelli & C. has been in the ethical finance i…

Global disposable glove market studied
Added: 20 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Marketstrat has published a new report titled, Disposable M…

US execs set up recruitment agency
Added: 20 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Wilmington, Delaware - Plastics market veteran Jamie Mosberg along with former…

Vibracoustic buys out Anvis from Brazilian JV
Added: 19 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany --Vibracoustic, one of the Business Groups in the Freudenber…

PolymerLatex raising NBR prices
Added: 19 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Marl, Germany -PolymerLatex GmbH is boosting prices for nitrile rubber latex…

Goodyear expects $150m hit following Venezuelan devaluation
Added: 19 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has responded to press speculation over the impact of …

News from elsewhere on the web (019Jan 2010)
Added: 19 Jan 2010
(8 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Bridgestone adds civil aviation fitments
Added: 19 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp is to supply aircraft radial tyres for the Mitsubish…

Global tyre markets studied
Added: 19 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Frost & Sullivan has published a new report titled, The Str…

Swiss agency drops probe of Forbo
Added: 19 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Baar, Switzerland -Forbo Holding A.G. said a Swiss government agency no long…

Hankook announces record sales and profit for 12 months
Added: 18 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul -- Hankook Tire revealed record consolidated earnings for the fiscal yea…