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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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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…

Double Coin to open new truck tyre plant in Chongqing
Added: 24 Jan 2008
By Namrita Chow, Automotive News China
Shanghai, China -- Double Coin Holdings Co. will open a new t…

Cabot reports growth in carbon black in Q1, but profits are down
Added: 24 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts -- Cabot Corp. has announced net income of $36 million (…

Solutia delays date of emergence from bankruptcy
Added: 24 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
St Louis, Missouri -- Solutia Inc said it will not now emerge from Chapter 11 …

News from elsewhere on the web 24/Jan/08
Added: 24 Jan 2008
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OSHA proposes Goodyear pay $52,000
Added: 24 Jan 2008
Social Circle, Georgia -- The US-based Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recommende…

EC fines Bayer, Zeon Euro 34 million for NBR cartel
Added: 23 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- The European Commission has imposed fines totalling € 34.23 millio…