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ContiTech Beattie named as finalist in Manufacturing Excellence awards

Added: 23 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- ContiTech Beattie Ltd, which makes industrial hoses and hose assembl…

Momentive opens silicones facility in India

Added: 23 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Albany, New York -- Momentive Performance Materials Inc. has opened its new …

Firestone Polymers to cut output at SR factory

Added: 22 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Orange, Texas -- Firestone Polymers L.L.C. will temporarily lay off about 25…

Dow raising prices on SB-latex products

Added: 22 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Horgen, Switzerland -- Dow Emulsion Polymers said it is increasing prices on a…

Liberty Tire buys Able Tire in consolidation of US scrap tyre sector

Added: 22 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Coral Springs, Florida -- Liberty Tire, a US-based tyre recycling company, h…

RWI says continued building boom in UAE will create demand for rubber

Added: 22 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dubai, UAE -- Rubber World Industries (RWI) said it is anticipating high deman…

Goodyear to reduce production at Union City plant

Added: 22 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear will move its Union City, Tennessee, consumer tyre pla…

News from elsewhere on the web (22 June 2009)

Added: 22 Jun 2009

(18 items)

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

IRC to open next week in Nuremberg

Added: 22 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Nuremberg, Germany -- The IRC 2009, also known as DKT and IKT opens next Monda…

Conti Machinery admits reversal of strategy at Puchov

Added: 22 Jun 2009

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

Hannover, Germany -- Continental's Machinery unit has acknowledged that the…

Continental Automotive to delay some employee paychecks up to 2 days

Added: 22 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (CDB) By Ryan Beene

Detroit, Michigan -- Continental Automotive Systems Inc. will d…

China's tyre makers seek other markets after ITC ruling

Added: 22 Jun 2009

By Namrita Chow, ERJ correspondent

Shanghai, China -- Tyre makers in China already are considering t…

European tyre sales continue severe decline

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- ETRMA figures show that European tyre sales in May declined for th…

Report investigates Continental AG

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Mumbai, India -- Global Markets Direct has published a new report titled, Cont…

Avon Tyres UK launches user-friendly website

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Melksham, UK -- Avon Tyres, the brand of Cooper Tires in the UK, has re-design…

Rapra publishes report on mixing in a single screw extruder

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Rapra has published a new report titled, Mixing in Single S…

Songwon opens isobutylene facility in Korea

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

ULSAN, Korea (June 18, 2009)-Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd.'s $20 million isobu…

RMT says Rutil's bankruptcy proceedings not affecting its business

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Eastlake, Ohio -- Rubber Molding Technology Inc. said that the bankruptcy pr…

NHTSA issues proposal on tyre fuel efficiency ratings

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Washington DC -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ha…

US-based ITC votes to impose quotas on Chinese passenger, LT tyres

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Washington DC -- The board of the US-based International Trade Commission has …