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Tokai Rubber raises mid-year forecasts
Added: 27 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber Industries Ltd has revised upwards its sales and earning…

Hexpol sees healthy profit on lower sales in Q3
Added: 27 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm, Sweden -- Hexpol AB, the Swedish-based compounding and rubber gaske…

Rediweld gains AS9100 accreditation for rubber moulding
Added: 27 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hampshire, UK - Rediweld Technical Moulding has received AS9100 accreditation …

RWI agrees rubber insulation contract for Yas Island
Added: 27 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Dubai, UAE - Rubber World Industries (RWI), manufacturer of Gulf-O-Flex - a cl…

Davis-Standard introduces new hinge-roll feedsection
Added: 27 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Pawcatuck, Connecticut - Davis-Standard llc has introduced a new patent-pendin…

Marangoni adds new lines to winter retreading range
Added: 27 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Rovereto, Italy - Marangoni, an Italian tyre manufacturer based Rovereto, has …

Goodyear joins road safety charter
Added: 27 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Brussels, Belgium - Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe has joined the European Road …

European heavy truck sales down by 47 percent in nine months
Added: 26 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- New commercial vehicle registrations in Europe were down 27.7 perc…

News from elsewhere on the web (26 Oct 2009)
Added: 26 Oct 2009
(31 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

GM hits the brakes on Opel deal; no signing with Magna this week
Added: 26 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Frankfurt, Germany -- General Motors Co. put on hold a deal to sell a 55 perce…

Cabot brings Tianjin expansion on stream
Added: 26 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tiknanjin, China -- Cabot Corp. has commissioned its 150,000 metric tons expan…

US auto sales down 6 percent in Oct., JD Power says
Added: 26 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Detroit, Michigan -- October US auto sales should be down about 6 percent from…

California bans lead from tyre weights
Added: 26 Oct 2009
By Miles Moore (TB)
SACRAMENTO, California -- California is banning lead wheel weights starting in J…

Ford crossover plant being idled due to parts shortage
Added: 26 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Detroit, Michigan -- Labour violence at a Ford Motor Co. supplier in India has…

Bridgestone to end tyre manufacture in Australia, New Zealand
Added: 23 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Christchurch, New Zealand -- Bridgestone Australia Ltd. (BSAL) is to close its…

Fall in NR supply accelerates - ANRPC
Added: 23 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- The decline in global production of natural
rubber is accelerat…

GM purchasing chief says supplier crisis not over
Added: 23 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
By Robert Sherefkin, Automotive News
Detroit, Michigan -- As production ramps u…

Desma says sales increasing, but slowly
Added: 23 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Fridingen, Germany -- Desma has said it is seeing some orders come in for mach…

News from elsewhere on the web (23 Oct 2009)
Added: 23 Oct 2009
(6 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Carlisle income down in 3rd quarter, up for half
Added: 23 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Specialty tyre and wheel maker Carlisle Cos. Inc…