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Boiocchi to open Tire Tech Expo

Added: 7 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

London -- Maurizio Boiocchi, senior vice president and director of research an…

Bandvulc signs £400 000 contract with Axis

Added: 7 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

Devon, UK -- Bandvulc Tyre Contracts, has signed a £400 000-per-year contract …

Connecticut researchers say artificial turf is not safe

Added: 4 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

North Haven, Connecticut -- A US-based lobby/research group has issued a docum…

Canadians publish tyre safety videos

Added: 4 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Montreal, Canada -- Three Canadian bodies have together created a series of si…

Gingo reveals 100-day plan for A. Schulman

Added: 4 Jan 2008

The new CEO of plastics supplier A. Schulman Inc. barely has had time to warm up the chair in his o…

News from elsewhere on the web (04/Jan/08)

Added: 4 Jan 2008

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

UK rubber group holds 'Tripe & Onion' supper

Added: 4 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Solihull, UK - The Midlands Plastics and Rubber Group of the UK's IOM3 is ho…

Michelin to increase US tyre prices

Added: 4 Jan 2008

Greenville, South Carolina -- Michelin North America Inc. said it will raise prices on its replacem…

PolyOne finalises acquisition of GLS Corp.

Added: 4 Jan 2008

Cleveland, Ohio -- PolyOne Corp. has completed its acquisition of GLS Corp. Details of the deal wer…

Michelin US exec elected to energy firm's board

Added: 4 Jan 2008

Columbia, South Carolina -- Scana Corp., a Columbia-based energy provider, has elected James Micali…

Continental Carbon´s Ponca City plant returns to operation

Added: 4 Jan 2008

Ponca City, Oklahoma -- Operations returned to normal over the weekend of Dec. 22-23 at Continental…

Henniges Automotive replaces GDX, Metzeler as the name for merged company

Added: 3 Jan 2008

Metzeler Automotive Profile Systems-North America said last month that it has completed its acquis…

Indian researchers say tyre industry to grow 10% annually for five years

Added: 3 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Mumbai, India -- A new report suggests the Indian tyre industry will register…

Former Phoenix exec charged in marine hose investigation

Added: 3 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (SS) Washington DC -- Uwe Bangert a former executive with Phoenix AG, a division o…

News from elsewhere on the web (03/Jan/08)

Added: 3 Jan 2008

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

Huber increases prices for speciality grade silica and silicates

Added: 3 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (SS) Atlanta, Georgia -- Huber Engineered Materials, part of JM Huber Corp., will …

Michelin to increase tyre prices in Japanese market

Added: 3 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (SS) Tokyo -- Nihon Michelin Tire Co. Ltd. will raise the delivery price of passen…

VTC launches TPE medical grades

Added: 3 Jan 2008

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Manchester, UK -- The VTC TPE Group has developed a range of TPE grades which can be us…

Freudenberg-NOK acquires moulder APEC

Added: 3 Jan 2008

Plymouth, Michigan -- Freudenberg-NOK G P has acquired the assets of Anura Plastics Engineering Cor…

Toyo changes the trading names of US subsidiaries

Added: 3 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (SS) Osaka, Japan -- Toyo Tire and Rubber Co. Ltd. has announced that it is changi…