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Pirelli to expand Romanian tyre factory
Added: 1 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bucharest, Romania -- Pirelli is to invest an additional 250 million Euros in …

Trelleborg to move French hose activities to Turkey
Added: 1 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nantes, France -- Trelleborg has said significant portions of Fluid Solutions …

Canadian charities benefit from EPDM fines
Added: 1 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Toronto, ,Quebec -- Toronto Community Foundation is distributing $231,922 (eur…

US Commerce dept seeks comment on CR anti-dumping levies
Added: 1 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC -- The US Department of Commerce is seeking comment on a proposa…

Marangoni retread building new compounding plant
Added: 1 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Henstedt-Ulzburg, Gemany -- Marangoni subsidiary, Ellerbrock GmbH is in the pr…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 Oct 2008)
Added: 1 Oct 2008
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ECHA announces new chairman, publishes IT tools
Added: 1 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- The Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (EC…

Marangoni retread wins new partner in Brazil
Added: 1 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Sao Paolo, Brazil -- Renovadora de Pneus SL, one of the leading truck tyre ret…

Lanxess to sell some EPDM grades in pellet form
Added: 1 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG has brought on-stream a pelletising plant at…

Amerityre reduces net loss in fiscal 2008
Added: 1 Oct 2008
Boulder City, Nevada -- Polyurethane tyre developer Amerityre Corp. was $4.22 million in the red in…

Sibur-Amtel deal is off -- for now, at least
Added: 30 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Amtel-Vredestein NV has advised the London Stock Exchage that its pr…

Study shows athletes can ingest lead from artificial turf
Added: 29 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Piscataway, new Jersey -- A new study by researchers at the UMDNJ-School of Pu…

ADAC publishes results of winter tyre tests
Added: 29 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Munich, germany -- ADAC, the influential German motorists' association, has pu…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 Sept 2008)
Added: 29 Sep 2008
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Challenges loom for auto supplier bosses
Added: 29 Sep 2008
Douglas Bolduc, Automotive News Europe
Supplier executives face difficult times as auto production s…

Cooper curtails N.A. operations due to materials shortage
Added: 26 Sep 2008
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has been forced to curtail production at all its North Am…

Four more join IRSG's panel of associates
Added: 26 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) said four more organi…

Uth GmbH has moved offices
Added: 26 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Fulda, Germany -- Uth GmbH has moved all its operations into a single unit. Th…

Consumer-based website publishes online reviews of tyres
Added: 26 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cyberspace -- Since 2000, consumers across Europe have been reviewing their ty…

Chinese market for smoked sheets studied
Added: 26 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- AMID has published a new report titled, Chinese Markets for…