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Michelin sales fall 2.6% on currency changes

Added: 29 Apr 2008

Tire Business staff report

Paris, France -- Group Michelin's sales in the first quarter fell 2.6 per…

Lanxess launches high ACN grades of HNBR

Added: 29 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG, is adding three new ultra-high ACN grades, n…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 April 2007)

Added: 29 Apr 2008

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UK tyre fitters see rise in enquiries as new laws come in

Added: 29 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

St Albans, UK -- UK-based fast-fit company Kwik-Fit said it has seen a sharp r…

Del-Nat tyres recalled in US

Added: 29 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Washington DC -- About 1000 white-walled light truck tyres from private-brand …

Tokyo rubber continues to climb above 300 yen

Added: 29 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Natural rubber prices continued to rise earlier today in Far East mar…

DuPont CR factories top list of worst US polluters

Added: 28 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Amherst, Massachusetts -- A study by a US university has found that E. I. Du P…

Automotive suppliers demand better terms

Added: 28 Apr 2008

By Lawrence Speer Automotive News Europe

Brussels -- CLEPA, the European suppliers association, wan…

Bus, coach sales soar 30% in EU in March

Added: 28 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- Registrations of busses and coaches in the EU jumped by 31.6 perce…

Student team at 24h du Mans to use Yokohama tyres

Added: 28 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. is supporting Tokai University's "Le Ma…

Tokyo rubber above 300 yen once more

Added: 28 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- The six-month rubber contract at TOCOM closed at 300.2 yen ($2.872) /…

News from elsewhere on the web (28 April 2007)

Added: 28 Apr 2008

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Cooper downgrades Q1 results forecast

Added: 28 Apr 2008

Tire Business staff report

Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is estimating first quarter res…

Goodyear Q1 results up strongly on currencies, improved product mix.

Added: 25 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Akron. Ohio-- Goodyear Tire & Rubber has reported record first quarter sales a…

Pirelli sponsors chair of tyre research in Milan

Added: 25 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Milan, Italy -- The Pirelli Group and the Politecnico di Milano University sig…

Yokohama expects profits to be higher than previously forecast

Added: 25 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., said it expects higher consolidated ne…

News from elsewhere on the web (25 April 2007)

Added: 25 Apr 2008

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P-eye truck TPMS systems launched at Birmingham CV Show

Added: 25 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Birmingham, UK-- A new tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), known as P-eye …

US publisher says TPMS systems still need manual pressure checks

Added: 25 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Costa Mesa, California -- NADAguides.com, a US publisher of used car informati…

Trelleborg claims vane-sealing breakthrough

Added: 25 Apr 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Fort Wayne, Indiana -- Trelleborg Sealing Solutions claims to have made impro…