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Bridgestone expanding in India
Added: 19 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Kolkata, India-Bridgestone Corp. plans to invest $56.3 million in its car an…

Chemtura adding antioxidant capacity in Middle East
Added: 19 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Middlebury, Connecticut -- Chemtura Corp. is adding capacity 4,000 metric to…

News from elsewhere on the web (19 Nov 2009)
Added: 19 Nov 2009
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RIEG to hold technical meeting on Smart Elastomers
Added: 19 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The Rubber in Engineering Group of the Institute of Materials, Miner…

Former Francis Shaw MD, Tony Cowell dies
Added: 19 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Manchester, UK -- Tony Cowell, the former Managing Director of Francis Shaw sa…

UK tyre market studied
Added: 19 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Plimsoll Publishing has published a new report titled, 2009…

Global synthetic rubber market studied
Added: 19 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Bizacumen Inc. has published a new report titled, Synthetic…

Dunlop aircraft opens retread unit in China
Added: 18 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jinjiang, China -- Dunlop Aircraft Tyres today opened its new retread and dist…

Guayule genome decoded
Added: 18 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Maricopa, Arizona -- A scientific team linked to the Yulex Corp. has decoded t…

News from elsewhere on the web (18 Nov 2009)
Added: 18 Nov 2009
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Sumitomo in the black in Q3 despite sales decline
Added: 18 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Kobe, Japan -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. reported operating and net prof…

Chinese steelcord factory opens
Added: 18 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hong Kong -- Shougang Concord Century Holdings Limited said it opened a new li…

Conti opens new test track - but not for tyres
Added: 18 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Veszprém, Hungary -- Continental's Chassis & Safety Division has opened a te…

European car registrations rose 11% in October
Added: 17 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- In October, contrasting performances in Western Europe (+15.8 perc…

Trelleborg opens seal plant in Brazil
Added: 17 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm, Sweden -- Trelleborg has inaugurated a new plant in São José dos …

Michelin to build truck tyre plant in India
Added: 17 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Chennai, India - Group Michelin will build an $870 million truck tyre plant in…

Bridgestone aims to take larger share in India
Added: 17 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India -- Bridgestone Corp. has said it wants to capture …

Bridgestone to modernise Joliette plant
Added: 17 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Montreal, Canada -- Bridgestone Canada Inc. plans to invest $38 million over t…

Kenda to move China radial capacity to Taiwan
Added: 17 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Las Vegas, Nevada (SEMA) - Taiwan's Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd., reacting…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 Nov 2009)
Added: 17 Nov 2009
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