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Winter tyre installation not be delayed, advises Canadian motorist group

Added: 1 Nov 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Quebec City, Canada - Drivers in Quebec are delaying their seasonal tyre chang…

Cooper-Standard possible sale off

Added: 1 Nov 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Novi, Michigan - Market conditions aren't ripe, so the holding company that …

Modi Rubber says no sales in last 6 months

Added: 1 Nov 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Mumbai, India - Modi Rubber has published its results for the three months to …

NR prices plunge overnight

Added: 1 Nov 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Rubber prices plunged overnight to close below yen 300 in Tokyo. On …

Kraton sales jump in Q3

Added: 1 Nov 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Houston, Texas - Sales revenues at TPE maker Kraton jumped by 20 percent in t…

Liberty Tire exec to speak at rubber asphalt conference

Added: 1 Nov 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Austin, Texas -- Doug Carlson, vice president of asphalt products for Liberty …

Vianor to add stores in Ukraine

Added: 1 Nov 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Nokia, Finland - The Nokian Tyres-owned tyre retail chain Vianor, is discussin…

S. Korean tyre makers see little impact in trade deal

Added: 1 Nov 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Washington DC - Renewal of the US-South Korea free trade agreement will make…

BMW aims to reduce dependence on Germany as production base

Added: 1 Nov 2011

ERJ staff report (AN)

Munich, Germany - BMW Group wants to decrease its reliance on Germany as a car…

Volvo recalls 19,600 vehicles in US for incorrect spare tyre labels

Added: 1 Nov 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Washington DC -- Volvo Cars of North America L.L.C. is voluntarily recalling …

Hankook opens sales office in Poland

Added: 31 Oct 2011

Warsaw, Poland -- Hankook Tire has opened a Polish sales branch in Warsaw. Poland is the sixth larg…

NR prices recovered last week

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Rubber prices recovered during the last week, but remained below $4 …

Nolato sales fall in first nine months

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Torekov, Sweden -- Nolato AB's sales during the first nine months of 2011 tota…

India's NR production up; SR output down in July

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, India -- India produced 64,300 tonnes of natural rubber (NR) in July…

Tokai sees first-half sales fall on earthquake effects

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber Industries said sales and profits in the three months to…

News from elsewhere on the web (31 Oct 2011)

Added: 31 Oct 2011

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

Rubber Board organises training in rubber and latex products

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, India -- India's Rubber Board is organising two new training session…

Bridgestone budgets $20M for Illinois OTR expansion

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Normal, Illinois -- Bridgestone Americas is budgeting $20 million for capital …

Goodyear taps Pillow as business solutions director

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has named Mark Pillow director of business solutions f…

GM CEO: China car market to expand a 'healthy' 7-10% in 2011

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (AN)

Shanghai, China (Reuters) - General Motors sees growth of between 7 percent t…