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Supplier price probe widens
Added: 31 Oct 2011
By David Sedgwick, Automotive News staff report
Detroit, Michigan -- The price-fixing scandal that …

Tokai contributes to Thai flood relief
Added: 31 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber Group is to donate around yen 500 million (euro 4.5 mill…

Bridgestone donates to Thai flood relief appeal
Added: 31 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. said it will donate yen50 million (euro 452,000) to…

Conti publishes green brochure for China
Added: 31 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- ContiTech has published a brochure in English and Chinese…

Goodyear quarterly sales exceed $6bn for first time
Added: 28 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s third quarter net sales reached $6…

Japanese auto production falls in Sept
Added: 28 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo - The number of vehicles produced in Japan in Sept 2011 dropped 4.5 per…

Boorman, Stella to receive IISRP honours
Added: 28 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (RPN)
By Rubber & Plastics News Staff
Houston, Texas -- Peter Boorman, retired from…

Conti completes Illinois expansion ahead of schedule
Added: 28 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business staff report
Mount Vernon, Illinois -- Continental Tire the Ameri…

Sales & income plunge at Tokai in 2nd half of year
Added: 28 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo - Tokai Rubber Industries' sales for the six months ended 30 Sept 2011 …

Kumho to raise prices 1 Nov in US
Added: 28 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business staff report
Rancho Cucamonga, California -- Kumho Tire USA Inc. …

Simrit receives aerospace quality certification
Added: 28 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Lutterworth, UK - Simrit, the industrial sealing products division of Freuden…

News from elsewhere on the web (28th October)
Added: 28 Oct 2011
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Continental rolls out expanded regional tyre range
Added: 28 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany -- Continental is expanding the range of types in its secon…

Michelin to hold sport & enterprise meeting in France
Added: 28 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Paris - Group Michelin will hold a symposium on sports and enterprise in Clem…

TIA, AAIA seek FTC's help in aftermarket parts controversy
Added: 28 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business staff report
Washington, DC -- Mazda North American Operations is…

Winter tyre installation not be delayed, advises CAA-Quebec
Added: 28 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Quebec City, Canada - Drivers in Quebec are delaying their seasonal tyre chan…

Commercial vehicle registrations up 4.5% in Sept
Added: 27 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Brussels - Demand for new commercial vehicles was up 4.5 percent in the EU, s…

Markets still expanding, despite slow momentum says Michelin
Added: 27 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Paris -Michelin's markets are still expanding, despite slower momentum in the…

Tire Technology conference programme now available
Added: 27 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Cologne, Germany - Europe's leading international tyre design and manufacturi…

Lanxess investing in US EPDM plant
Added: 27 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Lanxess AG said it is investing $7 million in st…