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Semperit announces improved sales, profits in Q3
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Vienna, Austria -- Semperit Group saw rising sales and profits in the first ni…

Debica reports sales up 39 percent in Q3
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Debica, Poland -- In the three months to 30 Sept, 2011 Tire Company Debica S.A…

Ford: 68% of US drivers have poor opinion of automaker's fuel economy
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Detroit, Michigan (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. said 68 percent of US consumer…

Michelin awards turnkey contract to Technip for Thai rubber plant
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin Siam Co., Ltd. has awarded to Technip a lump sum turnkey en…

Indian tyre industry poised for massive growth - report
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Noida, india -- RNCOS has published a new report titled, Indian Tyre Industry …

Tires Unlimited files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Dayton, Ohio -- Tires Unlimited Inc., a combination brick-and-mortar and Inter…

Agritechnica sees wave of launches in tyres, technology
Added: 15 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- For those in the agricultural business, the opening today…

TPC sees 'abrupt decline' in prices, demand for butadiene
Added: 14 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- Michael McDonnell, president and CEO of TPC, the Houston-bas…

NR Prices recover over the weekend as producers plan support at $3.50
Added: 14 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices remained stable over the weekend. As a result of the s…

News from elsewhere on the web (14 Nov 2011)
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

China's SR industry grows to world's biggest
Added: 14 Nov 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- China says its synthetic rubber industry is now the world's biggest…

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…