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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
(23 items)
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…