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Bekaert to build greenfield steelcord plant in Russia
Added: 21 Jan 2008
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Kortrijk, Belgium - Bekaert has said it intends to make a big investment in st…

ExxonMobil completes new high-performance polymer compound facility
Added: 18 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Houston, Texas -- ExxonMobil Chemical today announced the completion and star…

Lanxess to invest Euro 50 m on new site in India; move production
Added: 18 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG is to spend Euro 50 million to relocate prod…

Federal-Mogul names Icahn non-executive board chairman
Added: 18 Jan 2008
Southfield, Michigan -- Federal-Mogul Corp. has announced the election of Carl Icahn as its non-exe…

Goodyear's Eagle F1 comes top in independent US test
Added: 18 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear Tyre's new Eagle F1 Asymmetric has come top in indepen…

Reborn 'Cinturato' showcases Pirelli green efforts
Added: 18 Jan 2008
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli Tyre SpA is reviving the Cinturato, a “legendary†tyre line from the 1…

Report claims that the US tyre retail industry has suffered
Added: 18 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Dublin, Ireland ---- Research and Markets has a report titled “Tire Dealers …

CO.ME.T and Mesgo to operate as one
Added: 17 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Bergamo, Italy -- Italian natural and synthetic rubber compounds producer CO.M…

Trelleborg adds plant in Estonia
Added: 17 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Sweden -- Trelleborg Industrial Products has today opened a newly constructed …

Johns Hopkins hospital to ban latex medical products
Added: 17 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Baltimore, Maryland -- The Johns Hopkins Hospital has become the first major m…

Analysts highlight NIRA TPMS system
Added: 17 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts -- A US analyst has highlighted the Swedish company NIRA…

Malaysia's NR production continues decline
Added: 17 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Production of natural rubber in Malaysia in November was 96.6 …

Titan to raise prices by as much as 7 percent
Added: 17 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Quincy, Illinois -- Titan Tire Corp. will implement a price increase of up to …

Apollo to build Euro 200 m car tyre plant in Hungary
Added: 16 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Gurgaon, India --Â Apollo Tyre plans to acquire 50 hectares of land in Hungary…

Apollo posts 165 % increase in consolidated net profit for Q3
Added: 16 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd has reported a 165 percent increase in its …

Manuli acquires Dutch distribution group HEBU
Added: 16 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Milan, Italy -- Manuli Rubber Industries SpA has acquired Hebu Investments BV,…

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

Veyance signs JV with Chinese manufacturer
Added: 16 Jan 2008
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Yanzhou, China -- Veyance Technologies Inc. has formed a long-term joint ventu…

Michelin seeks 'iconic' vehicle designs
Added: 16 Jan 2008
Detroit, Michigan - “America's Next Iconic Vehicle†will be the theme of the 2009 Michelin Chal…

CMAI completes world butadiene analysis
Added: 15 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) announces the comple…