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Rhein Chemie to open dispersions unit in Russia

Added: 10 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Moscow -- Rhein-Chemie has said it intends to set up near the city of Nizhny N…

Pelmar forecasts sale growth in 2009, 2010

Added: 10 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Ramat Hasharon, Israel -- Reconditioned machinery seller, Pelmar Group expects…

Reifen show set for June 2010

Added: 10 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Essen, Germany -- While many in the tyre industry lick their wounds in the cur…

IRSG publishes latest rubber industry report

Added: 10 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Singapore -- Members of the International Rubber Study Group and its panel of …

US tyre industry studied

Added: 10 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Barnes Reports has published a new report titled, 2009 U.S.…

Wyko employees charged with stealing Goodyear's OTR technology

Added: 9 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Washington DC -- The US Department of Justice has said two engineers with Wyk…

Parker ITR signs global settlement in Marine Hose case

Added: 9 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Parker ITR and law company Hausfeld & Co. LLP have scored a global f…

Von Grünberg resigns as Conti Chairman

Added: 9 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hanover, Germany -- Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg has resigned his position of Ch…

GM seeks credit insurance to help US suppliers maintain parts deliveries

Added: 9 Mar 2009

By Rober Sherefkin and David Barkholz, Automotive News

Detroit, Michigan -- General Motors has revea…

News from elsewhere on the web (09 March 2009)

Added: 9 Mar 2009

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

ATS appoints operations director

Added: 9 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Birmingham UK -- ATS Euromaster has appointed Chris Hufflett, 45, to the posit…

Automotive News Europe ends print edition

Added: 9 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (AN)

Automotive News Europe, a sister publication of European Rubber Journal, is ha…

Arizona to clean up tyres from bankrupt recycler

Added: 9 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Mobile, Arizona -- The Arizona Department of Administration has solicited cont…

Hankook, 'Not interested' in Conti's rubber division

Added: 6 Mar 2009

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

Seoul, Korea -- Hankook has said it is not interested in buying Continental…

CBp carbon signs carbon supply contract with Triputra

Added: 6 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Bratislava, Slovakia -- CBp Carbon Industries, Inc. said it has signed a 20 ye…

News from elsewhere on the web (06 March 2009)

Added: 6 Mar 2009

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

UK car sales down 22%; trucks down 51% and buses buses down by 38%

Added: 6 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- The UK vehicle registration figures for February make gloomy readin…

Flexsys quits ITC, revives civil claims against Sinorgchem, KKPC, Kumho

Added: 6 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

St Louis, Minnesota -- Flexsys America L.P., a subsidiary of Solutia Inc., is …

Connecticut judge certifies class action against DSM for alleged EPDM price fixing

Added: 6 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Hartford, Connecticut -- A judge in the Connecticut federal district court h…

Cooper to stick to basics for recovery

Added: 6 Mar 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. said it will continue to implement t…