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LMI offers line sensor which can reduce integration costs

Added: 28 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

Vancouver, Canada -- LMI Technologies has designed a high-speed laser line sen…

Terex completes tender offer for ASV

Added: 28 Feb 2008

Westport, Connecticut -- Terex Corp. has completed its tender offer for ASV Inc., a maker of compac…

Conti to extend General winter tyre sizes in NA

Added: 28 Feb 2008

Tire Business staff report

Charlotte, North Carolina - Continental Tire North America Inc. will ad…

Chinese court rules in favour of Bridgestone in patent case

Added: 28 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- A Chinese court has ruled in favour of Bridgestone in an intellectu…

Lanxess completes XNBR capacity increase

Added: 28 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG has completed a 20 percent capacity expansio…

Authorities tell Bridgestone to stop anti-competitive activities in marine hose

Added: 28 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- The Japanese Fair Trade Commission in Japan has told Bridgestone to c…

Dow assigns elastomer unit to strategic evaluation unit

Added: 27 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Midland, Michigan -- Dow Chemical has formed a new unit specifically for its b…

UK retreader begins shearography testing

Added: 27 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Ivybridge, UK -- Bandvulc Tyres Ltd said it recently took delivery of a new hi…

SI raises prices for all products

Added: 27 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Schenectady, NY -- SI Group said it will implement a general price increase. …

News from elsewhere on the web 27/Feb/08

Added: 27 Feb 2008

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

Solutia set to emerge from Chapter 11 tomorrow

Added: 27 Feb 2008

St Louis, Missouri -- Solutia Inc. has gained court approvals to exit Chapter 11 on Feb. 28 (tomor…

Titan to boost OTR, agricultural tyre capacities

Added: 27 Feb 2008

Kohala Coast, Hawaii -- Titan International Inc. said it will expand capacity for large off-the-roa…

GITI Tire invests in conservation efforts

Added: 27 Feb 2008

Bali, Indonesia -- GITI Tire (China) Investment Co. Ltd. is donating $1 million for conservation pr…

Lanxess confirms Singapore as site for huge halobutyl plant

Added: 26 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG has confirmed that the chemical park on Juro…

Goodyear wants to triple truck tyre output at Debica unit

Added: 26 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Debica, Poland -- Goodyear has announced investment plans for its majority-own…

Pirelli to put MIRS, CyberTire into Turin plant

Added: 26 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Turin, Italy -- Pirelli has announced a Euro 140 million project with the Cit…

Michelin raises tyre prices across Europe

Added: 26 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris -- Michelin has announced that it is raising the price of its car/light …

Apollo breaks ground on Indian OTR tyre plant

Added: 26 Feb 2008

Tire Business staff report

Limda, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd. has broken ground in Limda for a Rs 950…

Czech company offers self-inflating tyre technology

Added: 26 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Prague, Czech Republic -- A Czech company is offering a system which can use r…

NR futures fall after reaching $3 / kg

Added: 26 Feb 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- NR futures for August delivery fell back on Tuesday after opening at…