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Bridgestone opens OTR plant ahead of schedule
Added: 17 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has begun production of large and ultralarge off-th…
News from elsewhere on the web (17 June 2009)
Added: 17 Jun 2009
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Suppliers' health now industry's top concern, Mulally says
Added: 17 Jun 2009
Chrissie Thompson, Automotive News
Detroit, Michigan -- The health of the supply base is now the US …
Dow Europe raises prices for ethylene elastomers
Added: 17 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Horgen, Switzerland -- Dow Europe GmbH intends to increase its prices for its …
Global truck tyre markets still dire
Added: 17 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market data for the month o…
Michelin expects further 1800 early retirements in France
Added: 17 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Further to today's story that Michelin is restructuring its activitie…
Conti to close Traiskirchen site with the end of rubber mixing operations
Added: 17 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Traiskirchen, Austria -- Seven years after closing tyre manufacture at the for…
1093 jobs affected by Michelin restructuring in France
Added: 17 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Groupe Michelin is re-structuring its operations in France, affecting…
Sumitomo building new tyre tech centre
Added: 17 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Kobe, Japan -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) is building a $56 million…
Pirelli to cease tyre manufacture at Manresa plant
Added: 16 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli has announced plans to cease tyre manufacture at its c…
Conti-Machinery to close Puchov unit
Added: 16 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental is to close its machinery operations in Slov…
European car registrations still down, but recovering
Added: 16 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels, Belgium -- In May, the number of new passenger car registrations in…
Omnova to increase prices on rubber-reinforcement products
Added: 16 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Fairlawn, Ohio -- Omnova Solutions Inc. plans to raise prices by 7 cents per…
Michelin North America wins magazine's IT award
Added: 16 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Greenville, South Carolina -- US-based Computerworld magazine has named Michel…
News from elsewhere on the web (16 June 2009)
Added: 16 Jun 2009
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Lanxess announces World Rubber Day (12 Sept 2009)
Added: 16 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG has said 12 Sept, 2009 is to be designated t…
TPMS working party risks safety, CO2 reduction
Added: 16 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva -- A UNECE committee risks endangering road safety and creating unneces…
Trelleborg offers perfluoroelastomer compounds for oilfield seals
Added: 16 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Fort Wayne, Indiana -- Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has launched a range of Ex…
GM purchasing chief Bo Andersson leaves suddenly
Added: 15 Jun 2009
Robert Sherefkin, Automotive News
Detroit, Michigan -- Bo Andersson, the global purchasing chief wh…
Hummer's buyer expects to complete GM deal in 3rd quarter
Added: 15 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Beijing, China (Reuters) -- Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, the …
