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Pirelli raises European tyre prices
Added: 9 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli Tyre has announced price increases of 4 to 6 percent o…
Keegan: Goodyear 'well positioned' for success in '08
Added: 9 Apr 2008
Tire Business staff report
Akron, Ohio -- With debt and legacy obligations expected to fall about $2…
Hankook seeks second phase expansion of Hungary tyre factory
Added: 8 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dunaújváros, Hungary -- Hankook has begun the process of seeking a second-ph…
Evonik raises silane prices worldwide
Added: 8 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Frankfurt, Germany -- Evonik has announced a price increase of 15 percent worl…
Cabot's Waverly carbon black plant closes on schedule
Added: 8 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts -- Cabot Corp has confirmed that its carbon black plant …
News from elsewhere on the web 08/April/08
Added: 8 Apr 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…
J.M. Huber sells kaolin business
Added: 8 Apr 2008
Atlanta, Georgia -- JM Huber Corp. has sold its kaolin clay business unit to IMin Partners, a priva…
Songwon raises additives prices worldwide
Added: 8 Apr 2008
Ulsan, South Korea -- Songwon Industrial is increasing prices of its polymer additives globally 7 t…
Dow Reichhold increasing NBR latex prices worldwide
Added: 8 Apr 2008
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina -- Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex has is boosting prices of n…
Parker Hannifin acquires Hi-Tech medical component businesses
Added: 8 Apr 2008
Cleveland, Ohio -- Parker Hannifin Corp. has purchased all of the issued and outstanding shares of …
Myers acquisition deal falls through
Added: 8 Apr 2008
Tire Business staff report
Akron, Ohio -- Nearly a year after Myers Industries Inc. announced a $107…
Nankang shuts Taipei car tyre plant
Added: 8 Apr 2008
Taipei, Taiwan -- Nankang Rubber Tire Corp. Ltd. has ceased production at its Nankang/Taipei City, …
Yokohama studying tyre plant in India - no decision yet
Added: 4 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Indian news reports suggesting that Yokohama Rubber is to build a tyr…
Manitoba's tyre stewardship programme comes into effect
Added: 4 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Winnipeg, Canada -- Canada's Manitoba Province has introduced a new scrap tyre…
News from elsewhere on the web 04/April/08
Added: 4 Apr 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…
Goodyear makes 'trustworthy' list
Added: 4 Apr 2008
Akron, Ohio -- Audit Integrity Inc. and Forbes magazine have named Goodyear one of America's most t…
Firestone Polymers workers ratify contract
Added: 4 Apr 2008
Orange, Texas -- Workers at the Firestone Polymers synthetic rubber plant in Orange have ratified a…
Bridgestone opens Hungary BIRD plant
Added: 3 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tatabánya, Hungary -- Bridgestone has officially opened its new fully-automat…
Sibur boosts sales of tyres in 2007; expand Yaroslavl
Added: 3 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow, Russia -- In announcing its annual results, Sibur revealed a sales inc…
Scottish, Chinese firms aim to make new TPMS sensor
Added: 3 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Glenrothes, Scotland -- Semefab (Scotland) Ltd. and Hong-Kong-based Lionax Inc…
