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Stafford Rubber Co goes into administration

Added: 29 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Stafford, UK -- Stafford Rubber Co., based in Cannock, Staffordshire, has gone…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 January 2009)

Added: 29 Jan 2009

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SSL auditor inflated corporate profits

Added: 29 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Auditors of the condom manufacturer SSL have been fined for incorrec…

ElringKlinger implements cost-cutting plan

Added: 29 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dettingen, Germany -- ElringKlinger group is preparing for further contraction…

Bridgestone Corp. issues further downward projection for 2008

Added: 29 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has revised downward its profit projections for th…

Scapa cuts 140 jobs

Added: 29 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Lymington, UK -- Tape maker Scapa Group has cut 140 jobs because of the poor e…

EC fines Marine Hose makers a total of Euro 131 million

Added: 28 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- The European Commission has imposed a total of € 131 510 000 in fi…

Bridgestone opens proving ground in Thailand

Added: 28 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Nongkhae, Saraburi province, Thailand -- Bridgestone has opened a test track a…

Consultants say artificial turf is safe

Added: 28 Jan 2009

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Hartford, Connecticut -- Milone & MacBroom, a Connecticut-based firm specialis…

News from elsewhere on the web (28 January 2009)

Added: 28 Jan 2009

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Radici Group opens new TPE compounding unit

Added: 28 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Provaglio d'Iseo, Italy -- RadiciGroup has added a new manufacturing unit, Rad…

Rubber Expo 2009 opens today in Kolkata

Added: 28 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kolkata, India -- The Indian rubber show, Rubber Expo 2009 opens today (28 Jan…

Michelin celebrates its history and future with l'Aventure space

Added: 28 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Clermont-Ferrand, France -- Michelin has opened L'Aventure Michelin, a space l…

Michelin to install huge solar power array at Cuneo, Italy

Added: 28 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Cuneo, Italy -- Group Michelin plans to install more than 147 000 m2 of solar…

S&P says Conti, "unlikely to achieve our debt-protection requirements"

Added: 28 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

London-- Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded Continental AG'…

ERJ seeks information from machinery makers

Added: 27 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Each year, ERJ reports on the global rubber machinery business. Part of the re…

News from elsewhere on the web (27 January 2009)

Added: 27 Jan 2009

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

Marangoni consolidates retreading at Rovereto

Added: 27 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Rovereto, Italy -- Marangoni Pneumatici has consolidated its retreading activi…

Michelin UK exits tyre-burning JV

Added: 27 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Staffordshire, UK -- Lafarge Cement UK and Michelin Tyre plc said their joint-…

Conti to spin off tyre, rubber unit

Added: 26 Jan 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hanover -- The merged Continental-Schaeffler group is to spin off its rubber u…