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Flexsys files new patent infringement complaint

Added: 19 May 2008

Washington DC -- Flexsys America LP has filed a new complaint before the US International Trade Com…

Sketchbook from Moscow - Amtel-Vredestein and Sibur Russian Tires

Added: 13 May 2008

By David Shaw, ERJ editor

Moscow - I was wrong. A few months ago I blogged from Geneva saying that I…

Pirelli report sales increase and earnings slip in Q1

Added: 13 May 2008

ERJ staff report (RD)

Milan - Pirelli Tyre SpA has a slight decrease in earnings for the quarter en…

Kumho breaks ground on US tyre plant

Added: 13 May 2008

ERJ staff report (RD)

Macon, Georgia - Despite heavy damage from severe storms in early May, Kumho …

Flexsys file new patent-infringement with ITC

Added: 13 May 2008

ERJ staff report (RD)

Washington DC - Solutia Inc unit, Flexsys America LP has filed a new complain…

Yokohama Rubber establishes Asian purchasing subsidiary

Added: 13 May 2008

ERJ staff report (RD)

Bangkok, Thailand - Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd., established in February this ye…

Yokohama begin fourth expansion of Hiroshima OTR plant

Added: 13 May 2008

ERJ staff report (RD)

Hiroshima, Japan - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced a fourth-pha…

Yokohama brings in new guard at senior management level

Added: 13 May 2008

Senior management changes at Yokohama

ERJ staff report (RD)

Tokyo, Japan - Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.…

Yokohama establishes Brazilian subsidiary

Added: 13 May 2008

ERJ staff report (RD)

Tokyo, Japan - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced the establishme…

Yokohama earnings surge on higher intl. sales

Added: 13 May 2008

ERJ staff report (RD)

Tokyo, Japan - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that its opera…

India bans rubber futures trading for at least 4 months

Added: 9 May 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Mumbai, India -- India's Forward Markets Commission (FMC) has banned futures t…

ECHA restricts on-line pre-registration tools for REACH

Added: 9 May 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Helsinki -- Problems with software means the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) …

News from elsewhere on the web (9 May 2008)

Added: 9 May 2008

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

Apollo tyres profit doubles in year to March

Added: 9 May 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Gurgaon, Haryana, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd said consolidated revenues grew by…

Lanxess to move Sarnia R&D to Western Ontario University

Added: 9 May 2008

London, Ontario Canada - Lanxess is moving its Canadian research activities to the University of We…

Kumho to hold groundbreaking for US tyre plant

Added: 9 May 2008

Rancho Cucamonga, California -- Kumho Tire USA Inc. will hold a groundbreaking on 12 May for its $2…

Egypt concerned at S Africa's carbon black duties

Added: 9 May 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Geneva -- In a World Trade Organisation meeting, Egypt expressed concern that …

Superior wins Queen's Award for Enterprise from UK

Added: 9 May 2008

Dorset, UK - Manufacturing company Superior Group Limited is celebrating after being chosen by the …

ContiTech retrofitting Hungarian bus fleet

Added: 8 May 2008

Hanover, Germany - ContiTech Vibration Control is installing Schwingmetall cone mounts in Miskolc, …

Swellfix appoints new chief commercial officer in US

Added: 8 May 2008

Aberdeen, Scotland -- Swellfix, the UK-based producer of swellable elastomers for the oil industry,…