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Goodyear execs detail company efforts in recession
Added: 5 Feb 2009
Tire Business staff report
Fort Washington, Maryland - An estimated 1350 independent Goodyear tyre d…

News from elsewhere on the web (05 Feb 2009)
Added: 5 Feb 2009
(16 items)
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US auto sales drop 37 percent to 27-year low
Added: 4 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
By Chrissie Thompson, Crain News Service
Detroit, Michigan -- US auto sales dro…

Conti calls for TPMS warning at 10 percent deflation
Added: 4 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Continental has issued a statement saying , "According to …

Asian tyre makers remain bullish
Added: 4 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Organisers of the Tyrexpo Asia event say exhibitors remain bullis…

US group takes over Stockport gasket maker
Added: 4 Feb 2009
Crain's Manchester Business staff report
Yorkshire, UK - A Yorkshire-based arm of US quoted group …

DuPont sues Kolon over alleged Kevlar IP theft
Added: 4 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Wilmington, Delaware -- DuPont has filed a civil lawsuit in US District Court …

Goodyear cutting production at international plants
Added: 4 Feb 2009
Tire Business staff report
Miami Beach, US - Goodyear is curtailing manufacturing at several of it…

Vibracoustic develops heat-resistant nano-elastomer
Added: 4 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany -- Vibracoustic has developed an EPDM-based material for eng…

News from elsewhere on the web (04 Feb 2009)
Added: 4 Feb 2009
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EU reviews Columbian Chemicals takeover
Added: 4 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Brussels - The European Commission (EC) has recently published a list of merg…

Performance Fibers confirms job losses at US HMLS plant
Added: 4 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Richmond, Virginia -- Performance Fibers has confirmed the stories coming out …

Lanxess India wins 'best stall' award in Kolkata
Added: 4 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kolkata, India -- Lanxess India Private Limited won the “Best Stall Award 

Israeli company announces de-vulcanisation process
Added: 3 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kiryat Gat, Israel -- An Israeli company -- Levgum -- claims to have developed…

News from elsewhere on the web (03 Feb 2009)
Added: 3 Feb 2009
(18 items)
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Lanxess introduces short-time working for next 12 months
Added: 2 Feb 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany, Lanxess AG has put together a global package of measures …

Teijin to split aramid fibre unit away from carbon fibres
Added: 2 Feb 2009
Osaka, Japan -- Teijin Limited is to reorganise its high performance fibres business group into two…

News from elsewhere on the web (02/Feb/2009)
Added: 2 Feb 2009
(18 items)
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Bridgestone US vice president to retire
Added: 2 Feb 2009
Nashville, Tennessee -- Dave Laubie, vice president of sales engineering for Bridgestone Americas, …

Mississippi OKs $19 million in incentives for Cooper
Added: 2 Feb 2009
Jackson, Mississippi -- Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour will sign a bill passed by the Mississip…