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Nokian aims to cut more jobs in heavy tyre unit
Added: 21 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nokia, Finland -- Nokian Heavy Tyres Ltd is to start new statutory negotiation…

Nokian plans 232 job cuts at car & van unit
Added: 21 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nokian, Finland -- Nokian tyres said it has copleted negotiations with workers…

News from elsewhere on the web (21 January 2009)
Added: 21 Jan 2009
(25 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Avon Rubber returns to profit in Q1
Added: 21 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Avon Rubber plc said it has has returned to profitability (Profit Be…

Junio to replace Zekowski as head of Goodyear's Lux tech centre
Added: 21 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Luxembourg -- Marc Junio, former General Director of the Goodyear R&D Technica…

EPA aims $100k fine at US rubber company for clean air violations
Added: 21 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Chicago, Illinois -- the US Environmental Protection Agency has filed a compla…

Cabot appoints new CFO
Added: 21 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts -- Cabot Corp. has named Eduardo Cordeiro as Chief Fina…

MBT implicated as possible human carcinogen
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- A report published in a respected, peer-reviewed publication has imp…

European replacement tyre sales fall 8% in 2008
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Sales of replacement car tyres fell 8 percent in Europe in 2008, w…

Hankook breaks even in 2008, despite strong sales growth
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Seoul, Korea - Despite record sales for the 12 months to December 2008, Han…

News from elsewhere on the web (20 January 2009)
Added: 20 Jan 2009
(9 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Lanxess appoints site manager at new Singapore butyl rubber plant
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Singapore - Lanxess Butyl Pte. Ltd., subsidiary of specialty chemicals group …

Yokohama holds tree-planting ceremony in Thailand
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo, Japan - As part of its 'Yokohama Forever Forest' project Yokohama Rubb…

US Study shows new, retread truck tyres have similar failure rates
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington, DC -- New and retreaded medium truck tyres have pretty much the …

Michelin brings back Oklahoma employees, but not contract workers
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Ardmore, Oklahom -- Michelin North America Inc. has ended a temporary shutdown…

Goodyear tyres carry Obama to the presidency
Added: 20 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Akron, Ohio - As Barack Obama verges on his inauguration as the 44th Presiden…

Apollo profits fall by 90 percent in Q3
Added: 19 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres reports sales down and profits sharply down on …

Michelin, Honda reach run-flat tyre settlement
Added: 19 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Greenbelt, Maryland -- Michelin North America Inc. and American Honda Motor Co…

News from elsewhere on the web (19 January 2009)
Added: 19 Jan 2009
(21 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Further big fall in Malaysian NR in November
Added: 19 Jan 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia saw a 27.8 percent decline in NR production in the mo…