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Conti adds new steering axle tyre size

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Hanover, Germany -- Continental has added a 385/65 R 22.5 version of the Gen…

Goodyear forms partnership to improve safety of young drivers

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

London -- Goodyear and the European Driving Schools Association (EFA) have f…

Dow to build EPDM plant in US

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Midland, Michigan - Dow Chemical has announced plans to build a new plant to m…

Crespo blasts tyre labelling rules

Added: 25 Oct 2012

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

Brussels -- Jorge Crespo, European General Manager for Infinity Tyres has s…

Titan reports record Q3 sales and profit

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Quincy, Illinois - Titan International's third quarter sales were a 'record'…

Sales up at Solvay despite weak Rhodia results

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Orléans, France - Solvay, the parent company of rubber chemical business Rh…

NR prices rise overnight

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

London - Rubber prices rose strongly overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, pri…

News from elsewhere on the web (25 Oct 2012)

Added: 25 Oct 2012

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

Goodyear wins Fusion fitments

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has won OE fitments on the 2013 Fusion models from Ford…

Renault's Motrio brand sells 1m tyres

Added: 25 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris - The after-market tyre brand Motrio made for Renault has reached 1 mill…

DuPont to cut 1,500 jobs

Added: 25 Oct 2012

By Frank Esposito, Crain staff (PN)

Wilmington Delaware -- Poor third-quarter financial results are…

Charges dropped against former Bridgestone scientist

Added: 25 Oct 2012

By Miles Moore, Crain staff (TB)

Cleveland, Ohio -- The federal government has dropped all charges …

Dow to close 20 plants and shed 2,400 staff

Added: 25 Oct 2012

By Hamish Champ, Crain staff (PRW)

Dow Chemical is to shut “approximately” 20 of its worldwide…

Korea Kumho investing in elastomers

Added: 24 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Seoul, Korea - Korea Kumho PetroChemical has confirmed a series of expansions …

Medical sales boost Nolato's Q3 performance

Added: 24 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Torekov, Sweden -- Sales at Swedish polymer maker Nolato AB have jumped 39 p…

Trelleborg sales drop 2% due to weaker economy

Added: 24 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg AB had “satisfactory” third quarter, infl…

Bridgestone ups car tyre capacity in Hungary

Added: 24 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp.'s Hungarian subsidiary, Bridgestone Tatabánya Te…

Goodyear, Danisco publish patent on bio-isoprene

Added: 24 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Washington DC - Goodyear and Danisco have been granted US patent no 8288148 co…

Trelleborg relocates US life sciences sealing unit

Added: 24 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Northborough, Massachusetts -- Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is re-locating its…

ContiTech highlights eco-friendly rail actuators

Added: 24 Oct 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Hanover, Germany - Actuators by ContiTech Air Spring Systems play a pivotal …