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SRF tyre cord business increased in H1
Added: 14 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai -- Indian textiles and chemicals manufacturer SRF ltd has announced sal…

Laugfs to expand solid tyre output in Sri Lanka
Added: 14 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Sri Lanka -- Laugfs Gas PLC is investing Rs.150 million (euro 1 million) in a …

NOK Corp downgrades forecasts
Added: 14 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- NOK Corp, long-time partner of Germany's Freudenberg Group, has revis…

Michelin squelches Nexen JV speculation
Added: 14 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Seoul, South Korea-- Group Michelin is denying it is engaged in discussions wi…

Titan to purchase Goodyear Union City plant
Added: 14 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Union City, Tennessee -- Titan International Inc. will purchase the former Go…

Smytka to take over at Goodyear Asia-Pacific
Added: 14 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- Pierre Cohade is leaving Goodyear after seven years for an unsp…

Toyo publishes fiscal '10 report & analysis
Added: 11 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Osaka - Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd has published its annual report and financ…

Bridgestone announces senior management changes
Added: 11 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. board of directors' has approved proposals of chan…

Bridgestone to add car radial plant in Vietnam
Added: 11 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone is to invest yen 35,500 million (euro 336 million ) to bu…

Bridgestone adds small OTR radials at Hofu
Added: 11 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to add radial production of small and medium siz…

Hungarian tyre makers set up federation
Added: 11 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Budapest, Hungary -- Seven tyre manufacturing and distribution companies in Hu…

NR prices recover on 11 Nov
Added: 11 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices recovered somewhat overnight after sarp falls on Thurs…

Nishikawa Rubber income drops 84% in H1 2011
Added: 11 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hiroshima, Japan - Japanese rubber maker Nishikawa Rubber has reported half-y…

Sumitomo post double-digit sales, earnings gains in Q3
Added: 11 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business staff report
Kobe, Japan -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd's (S…

News from elsewhere on the web (11 Nov 2011)
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Detailed report on China's tyre industry published
Added: 11 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- IbisWorld has published a new report titled, Tire Manufacturing in C…

Continental named one of the “best places to workâ€
Added: 11 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Fort Mill, South Carolina -- Continental Tire the Americas, llc (CTA) has rec…

Freudenberg supports downsizing in the new BMW 3 series
Added: 11 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Freudenberg, Germany - Freudenberg has said that its seals, used in the new B…

Nexen discusses cooperation with Michelin
Added: 11 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- In a brief stock exchange filing, Nexen Tire has said it is in…

Malaysian NR production rose slightly in September
Added: 11 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia produced 77,728 tonnes of natural rubber (NR) in Sept…