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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
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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…

Lanxess brings forward on-again off-again butyl plant
Added: 18 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Lanxess has said it will break ground on its butyl plant in Singa…

News from elsewhere on the web (18 Jan 2010)
Added: 18 Jan 2010
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

China rubber industry studied
Added: 18 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- China Research & Intelligence has published a new report ti…

NHTSA official to speak on fuel efficiency rule at Clemson conference
Added: 18 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Hilton Head, South Carolina-Mary Versailles, senior policy adviser at the Nati…

AutoChina launches tyre finance package
Added: 18 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shijiazhuang, Heibei Province, China -- AutoChina now offers its customers a f…

GM advances $938 million payment to help troubled Opel unit in Europe
Added: 18 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (AN)
Frankfurt, Germany (Reuters) -- General Motors Co. gave 650 million euros ($93…

TIA creates Environmental Advisory Council
Added: 18 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Bowie, Maryland -- At the instigation of President Wayne Croswell, the Tire …

EU car registrations for 2009 down by 1.6%
Added: 15 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Following a marked decline in the second half of 2008 and the firs…

Michelin to close Japanese tyre plant
Added: 15 Jan 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ota, Japan -- Michelin has said it will cease manufacture of tyres at its fact…