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Goodyear to make 63-inch OTR tyres in Kansas

Added: 28 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Topeka, Kansas -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will begin production of 63-i…

Garlock buys Wide Range Elastomers

Added: 28 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Leicester, UK -- Sealing technology business, Garlock (Great Britain) Limited,…

Alpha Technologies streamlines European operations

Added: 28 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (RD)

Akron, Ohio - Alpha Technologies, a US-based provider of testing equipment for…

China to need more EPDM

Added: 28 Oct 2009

Rubber & Plastics News

Houston - By the end of next year, China's production of ethylene-propylene r…

GPX blames OTR duties for Ch. 11 filing

Added: 28 Oct 2009

Tire Business staff report

Malden, Massachusetts - GPX International Tire Corp. is laying most of t…

GPX to auction manufacturing assets (updated)

Added: 28 Oct 2009

Tire Business staff report

Boston, - OTR and industrial tyre maker/distributor GPX International T…

Alliance Tire bids for bankrupt GPX´s OTR-related assets

Added: 28 Oct 2009

Tire Business staff report

Malden, Massachusetts - Alliance Tire Co. (1992) USA Ltd. has offered to…

Watts Tyre Group in management buy-out

Added: 28 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (RD)

Lydney, UK - Watts Tyre Group, an industrial tyre producer and distributor, ha…

News from elsewhere on the web (28 October 2009)

Added: 28 Oct 2009

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Bacteria embedded in latex leads to biofuels

Added: 28 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Minneapolis, Minnesota -- A team of University of Minnesota researchers and Bi…

EcChA to hold stakeholder day on 7 December

Added: 28 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Helsinki, Finland -- EChA, the European Chemicals Agency charged with implemen…

US auto supplier outlook stabilises, Moody's says

Added: 28 Oct 2009

Automotive News staff report

New York (Reuters) - Demand for US auto parts makers' business will lik…

IRSG issues report on NR planting surge

Added: 28 Oct 2009

Tire Business staff report

Singapore - A surge in natural rubber (NR) planting over the past five ye…

Freudenberg CIP/SIP seals use nanotechnology

Added: 28 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Weinheim, Germany -- Freudenberg Process Seals has developed a range of sealin…

Toyo's US VP Allaire moves to Kumho

Added: 28 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Rancho Cucamonga, California - Kumho Tire U.S.A. Inc. has hired Armand Allaire…

Bridgestone contributes to Indonesian earthquake relief efforts

Added: 28 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (RD)

Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp. is donating a total of Yen 4.5 million (Euro 33 000)…

Michelin sees sales fall, but sees signs of market turnaround

Added: 27 Oct 2009

Tire Business staff report

Paris - Group Michelin's sales revenue fell 10.9 percent to $5.62 billion…

Global tyres sales still down, but not out -- Michelin

Added: 27 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market data for the month o…

Italian cable firm Prysmian invests €32m in US vulcanising plant

Added: 27 Oct 2009

ERJ staff report (EPN)

Prysmian, an Italy-based supplier of cables to the energy and telecoms market…

News from elsewhere on the web (27 October 2009)

Added: 27 Oct 2009

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…