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News from elsewhere on the web (29 Oct 2009)
Added: 29 Oct 2009
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

LMI names new CEO
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Delta, British Columbia -- LMI Technologies, Inc. (LMI) has appointed Terry Ar…

Just Rollers to unveil new roller covering
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Munich, Germany -- Just Rollers is to launch its latest roller covering at the…

PPG names new head of silica products
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- PPG Industries has named Richard Beuke to the post…

ElringKlinger buys Turkish parts supplier
Added: 29 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dettingen/Erms, Germany -- The ElringKlinger Group has acquired a 90% interest…

Goodyear sees signs of recovery but Q3 sales are 15% down
Added: 28 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
AKRON (Oct. 28, 2009) - Goodyear's net income for the third quarter more than …

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

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…