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Michelin releases tyre data for November
Added: 31 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with market data for the month of Nov…

Freudenberg sells brake hose business
Added: 20 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (SS) Weinheim, Germany -- Freudenberg has sold its Flexitech brake hose units in E…

Report analyses 160 tyre companies worldwide
Added: 20 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (SS) Dublin, Ireland -- Research and Markets has added Tyres - Global Strategic Bu…

News from elsewhere on the web (20/Dec/07)
Added: 20 Dec 2007
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Trelleborg completes UK divestment
Added: 20 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (SS) Helsingborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg has announced that the divestment of its o…

Cooper's Armes named chairman
Added: 20 Dec 2007
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. president and CEO Roy Armes also will serve as the compa…

Goodyear names new chief technical officer
Added: 20 Dec 2007
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has named Jean-Claude Kihn as senior vice president and chief technical off…

Trelleborg Rubore to consolidate NA testing operations in Michigan
Added: 20 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (SS) Northville, Michigan -- Trelleborg Rubore, part of Trelleborg Automotive, wil…

Marine hose execs face more charges from the OFT
Added: 19 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (SS) London -- The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has charged three UK business…

Flexaust designs heater & defroster flexible hose
Added: 19 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (SS) Warsaw, Indiana -- Flexaust has designed a new, crush-resistant heater & defr…

Federal-Mogul to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of the month
Added: 19 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (SS) Southfield, Michigan -- Federal-Mogul Corp. has announced that it plans to em…

News from elsewhere on the web (19/Dec/07)
Added: 19 Dec 2007
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Lionax secures contract for its TPMS' in the US
Added: 19 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (SS) Jiangxi, China -- Chinese company Lionax has received a “significant†ord…

DuPont chooses South Carolina site for $500 m Kevlar expansion
Added: 19 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (SS) Charleston, South Carolina -- E I du Pont de Nemours has chosen its Cooper Ri…

Amtel-Vredestein to supply tyres for the Fiat Albea
Added: 19 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (SS) Moscow, Russia - OJSC Amtel-Vredestein, the subsidiary of Russia's largest pa…

Gingo to leave Goodyear to lead Schulman
Added: 19 Dec 2007
Akron, Ohio -- Joseph Gingo will retire from his post as executive vice president, quality systems …

Fenner acquires €1.25 m worth of Spliceline's assets
Added: 18 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (SS) London -- Fenner plc, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Enerka Apex Beltin…

New “smart tyre†claims to sense damage and increase safety
Added: 18 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (SS) West Lafayette, Indiana --A Purdue University professor has developed a new â…

Dow UCAR increases prices for emulsion products and rheology modifiers
Added: 18 Dec 2007
ERJ staff report (SS) Gary, North Carolina -- UCAR Emulsion Systems (UES) will increase the off-lis…

News from elsewhere on the web (18/Dec/07)
Added: 18 Dec 2007
(8 items) London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…