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Magna most likely to win Opel, GM Europe's Forster says

Added: 4 Sep 2009

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Berlin -- Carl-Peter Forster, General Motors Europe president, believes Magna …

Russian tyre production fell by half in first six months

Added: 3 Sep 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Moscow -- Discovery Research Group has published a new report titled, Market t…

Transense, Mesnac sign agreement on TPMS

Added: 3 Sep 2009

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Oxford, UK -- Transense Technologies plc and Qingdao Mesnac Co. Ltd. have ente…

Ontario launches tyre recycling programme

Added: 3 Sep 2009

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Toronto, Ontario -- Ontario has rolled out its scrap tyre programme. The progr…

News from elsewhere on the web (03 Sept 2009)

Added: 3 Sep 2009

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

US rubber trade studied

Added: 3 Sep 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Supplier Relations US has published a new report titled, Ru…

Test your knowledge of Lanxess' rubber products

Added: 3 Sep 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Leverkusen, Germany -- As part of its celebrations of the centenary of rubber'…

USTR sends recommendations on Chinese tyre tariffs to President Obama

Added: 3 Sep 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Washington DC -- Today the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) sent t…

Freudenberg notes more competition among employers for top trainees

Added: 3 Sep 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Weinhaim, Germany -- Freudenberg group has taken on anoter 107 young people as…

News from elsewhere on the web (02 Sept 2009)

Added: 2 Sep 2009

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

Gates files belt tensioner suit against Dorman

Added: 2 Sep 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Denver, Colorado -- Gates Corp. has filed a lawsuit against Dorman Products …

Lanxess completes acquisitions in India, China

Added: 2 Sep 2009

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Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG said it has successfully completed the acqui…

Chinese tyre manufacturing sector studied

Added: 2 Sep 2009

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Paris -- IBISWorld has published a new report titled, Tire Manufacturing in Ch…

Oerlikon publishes 'Fibre year' analysis

Added: 2 Sep 2009

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Pfaffikon, Switzeland -- Oerlikon, a Swiss producer of textiles and textile m…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 Sept 2009)

Added: 1 Sep 2009

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

Goodyear, Steelworkers reach tentative contract agreement

Added: 1 Sep 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Cincinnati, Ohio -- Goodyear and the United Steelworkers (USW) have reached te…

Sumitomo invests $56M in tech centre

Added: 1 Sep 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Kobe, Japan -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) is building a $56 millio…

North Carolina group to build vehicle, tyre test track

Added: 1 Sep 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Charlotte, North Carolina -- A new consortium of North Carolina automotive a…

Tyre makers slashed capital spending in '08-'09

Added: 1 Sep 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

By Bruce Davis, Tire Business staff

Akron. Ohio -- In line with the slumping g…

Texas plaintiffs seek $30 million against Goodyear, Dunlop

Added: 1 Sep 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Beaumont, Texas -- Relatives of a man killed in a 2003 auto accident have file…