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Rapra publishes report on mixing in a single screw extruder
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Rapra has published a new report titled, Mixing in Single S…

Avon Tyres UK launches user-friendly website
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melksham, UK -- Avon Tyres, the brand of Cooper Tires in the UK, has re-design…

Report investigates Continental AG
Added: 19 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- Global Markets Direct has published a new report titled, Cont…

Safety, TPMS and the re-set button
Added: 18 Jun 2009

Deflation and punctures - A TPMS debate
Added: 18 Jun 2009
By David Shaw, ERJ editor One of the debates going on within the TPMS (tyre pressure monitoring syst…

Magna, GM aim to sign Opel deal by July 15
Added: 18 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Frankfurt, Germany (Reuters) -- General Motors and Magna International Inc. ha…

Michelin's Indian investment to reach €1000 million - report
Added: 18 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
India -- An Indian newspaper, quoting un-named sources close to the deal, has …

Voronezhsintezkauchuk adds Nd-BR, S-SBR
Added: 18 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Voronezh, Russia -- Voronezhsintezkauchuk has converted part of its polybutad…

News from elsewhere on the web (18 June 2009)
Added: 18 Jun 2009
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Notch publishes report on insoluble sulphur markets
Added: 18 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Amherst, Massachusetts -- Notch Consulting Group has just published a new repo…

Cooper-Standard seen as Chapter 11 risk
Added: 18 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (CDB)
Detroit, Michigan -- Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. was flagged by Standard …

Conti to cut tyre production at Slovak site
Added: 18 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Puchov, Slovak Republic -- Continental AG plans to cut production of truck t…

ITC to vote on USW's Chinese tyre petition today
Added: 18 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington DC -- The US International Trade Commission will vote at 11 a.m. …

US-based TIA opposes Chinese tyre quota
Added: 18 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Bowie, Maryland -- The Tire Industry Association is joining some of its most…

Exxon presents free web-seminar for compounders of Vistamaxx
Added: 18 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- ExxonMobil Chemical will present an educational web-seminar,…

Suppliers' health now industry's top concern, Mulally says
Added: 17 Jun 2009
Chrissie Thompson, Automotive News
Detroit, Michigan -- The health of the supply base is now the US …

Michelin expects further 1800 early retirements in France
Added: 17 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Further to today's story that Michelin is restructuring its activitie…

Conti to close Traiskirchen site with the end of rubber mixing operations
Added: 17 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Traiskirchen, Austria -- Seven years after closing tyre manufacture at the for…

1093 jobs affected by Michelin restructuring in France
Added: 17 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Groupe Michelin is re-structuring its operations in France, affecting…

Global truck tyre markets still dire
Added: 17 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market data for the month o…
