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Full-year sales fell at Zeon
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Zeon Corp reported lower sales, and profit for the 12 months to 31 Mar…

Delticom reports flat Q1 sales on mild winter weather
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany - Delticom AG, Europe's largest online tyre retailer said rev…

Cooper-Standard posts higher sales, lower net income in Q1
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Novi, Michigan - The parent of Cooper-Standard Automotive reported a 46.7-pe…

Wacker signs agreement with Italian silicones compounder
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Munich, Germany - Wacker Chemie A.G. has signed an agreement with silicone r…

Smithers Rapra to serve as tyre reference lab
Added: 11 May 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Akron, Ohio - Smithers Rapra in the US has been chosen as the national tyre …

Full-year sales at Apollo jump 37% to over $2500 million
Added: 10 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai - Consolidated annual revenues at Apollo Tyres grew 37 percent to reach…

Cordiant plans tyre retail chain
Added: 10 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow - Russian tyre maker Cordiant has announced plans to set up a chain of…

South Africa confirms anti-competition ruling on ATT, Maxiprest
Added: 10 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Pretoria - South Africa's Competition Tribunal has upheld a ruling by the SA C…

Conti building cycle tyre plant in China
Added: 10 May 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Shanghai, China -- Continental A.G. is investing $240 million in China for a b…

News from elsewhere on the web (10 May 2012)
Added: 10 May 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Toyo sales, profits rise in full year
Added: 10 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Osaka, Japan - Toyo said net sales rose by 9 percent in the 12 months to 31 Ma…

Tokyo NR prices rally slightly on Thursday
Added: 10 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices recovered slightly overnight. Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, p…

Shandong Linglong to build lab in Shandong
Added: 10 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shandong, China - Shandong Linglong is one of 23 companies granted permission …

ElringKlinger sees sales rise in Q1
Added: 10 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dettingen/Erms, Germany - The ElringKlinger Group saw sales revenue increase b…

Sumitomo Rubber reports higher sales, profits in Q1
Added: 10 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kobe, Japan - Sumitomo Rubber Industries has reported improved financials for …

Tyre debris from Ferrari stunt desecrates Wall of Nanjing
Added: 10 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nanjing - Numerous reports from China and online videos appear to confirm that…

Income down 39% on sales of Yen 251 billion at Tokai
Added: 9 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo - Tokai Rubber Industries Co. Ltd has reported a 7.5 percent drop in sa…

Ceat full year profit drops despite good Q4
Added: 9 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Mumbai - Despite a successful fourth quarter, Indian tyre company Ceat's net …

Bridgestone net income up 34.7% on sales of Yen 726 bn
Added: 9 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo - Bridgestone's net income in the first quarter 2012 is up 34.7 percen…

Lanxess earnings up 15% in Q1
Added: 9 May 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess's first quarter earnings (EBITDA) increased by …