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Trelleborg IAVS appoints account manager in India
Added: 30 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Noida, India -- Trelleborg Industrial AVS has appointed its first Key Account …

Michelin to buy full ownership of Serbian JV for €34m
Added: 29 Jan 2008
By Simona Stankovska, ERJ staff
Pirot, Serbia -- Michelin will buy out the remaining share of its jo…

Cooper Standard buys control of MAPS Indian unit
Added: 29 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Novi, Michigan -- Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. has bought control of Metzel…

News from elsewhere on the web 29/Jan/08
Added: 29 Jan 2008
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Andrew Tuffield named as MD at James Walker Keaflex
Added: 29 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bordon, Hampshire, UK -- Andrew Tuffield has joined James Walker Keaflex as m…

Cape to Cape expedition starts today
Added: 29 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Yorkshire, UK -- A team of farmers and milk inspectors is setting off today to…

Honeywell system helps improve calendering quality
Added: 29 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Brussels -- Honeywell has introduced the MXProLine, a wire calender quality co…

Ford wants to repair supplier relations
Added: 28 Jan 2008
DETROIT - In a bid to repair fractured relationships, key Ford Motor Co. leaders will go on a liste…

PSA will sign Russia plant deal next week
Added: 28 Jan 2008
Moscow -- PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is expected to sign an agreement to build a plant in Russia later thi…

News from elsewhere on the web 28/Jan/08
Added: 28 Jan 2008
(16 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ERJ seeks information from Machinery makers - last chance
Added: 28 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Each year, ERJ reports on the global rubber machinery business. Part of the re…

Polybutadiene prices hitting $3000/tonne -- ICIS
Added: 25 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- World chemical price tracking company ICIS is reporting that spot…

Sibur to invest Euro 120 million in rubber production
Added: 25 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow -- As part of its investment plan for 2008, JSC Sibur has said it inten…

Kline says REACH is a regulatory behemoth
Added: 25 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- A new report titled, REACH: A Regulatory Behemoth is avail…

EC truck registrations rise for fourth consecutive year
Added: 25 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels. ACEA, the federation of European vehicle manufacturers, has issued f…

News from elsewhere on the web 25/Jan/08
Added: 25 Jan 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers migh…

Hankook promises US dealers: Supply will get better
Added: 25 Jan 2008
By Sigmund J. Mikolajczyk
Paradise Island, Bahamas -- Dealers attending Hankook Tire America Corp.'s…

NHTSA seeks comments on proposals to endorse electronic registration of tyres
Added: 25 Jan 2008
By Miles Moore, senior Washington reporter
Washington DC -- The US - based National Highway Traffic …

Goodyear to cut 500 jobs in France
Added: 24 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced that its Eur…

Avon fails to sell mixing plant -- unit to close with 60 job losses
Added: 24 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Westbury, UK -- Avon Rubber has failed to sell its mixing operation in Westbur…