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Smithers opens offices in India, Sri Lanka

Added: 2 Feb 2010

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Chennai, India -- Smithers Scientific Services Inc. is rteaming up with Akron …

ETRMA reports timid recovery in car tyre markets

Added: 1 Feb 2010

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Brussels -- European markets for car tyres are recovering slowly, but markets …

Bekaert acquires Bridgestone steelcord activities

Added: 1 Feb 2010

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Kortrijk, Belgium -- In a major strategic restructuring, Bridgestone has sold …

Yokohama maintains profits on lower sales

Added: 1 Feb 2010

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Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., posted stable operating income for the ni…

GPX buyout: Alliance Tire Group CEO pleased with added brands

Added: 1 Feb 2010

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THANE, India-Alliance Tire Group's purchase in December of most of GPX Interna…

Hankook expanding Jiaxing, China, plant

Added: 1 Feb 2010

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Seoul, South Korea -- Hankook Tire Co. Ltd is investing $82 million this year…

Rocktron wins UK 'green' award

Added: 1 Feb 2010

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London -- RockTron - the pioneering recycling technology company - has won Rus…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 Feb 2010)

Added: 1 Feb 2010

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

NAD asks Conti to modify ad claims

Added: 1 Feb 2010

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New York -- Continental Tire North America Inc. should modify its dealer-direc…

Hankook exhibited at Tokyo Motor Show

Added: 1 Feb 2010

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Tokyo -- Hankook Tire had a stand at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2010, held January 1…

Solutia reports full year results

Added: 1 Feb 2010

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St Louis, Missouri-- In anouncing its ful-year results, Solutia Inc said its T…

Siltech buys Rhodia plant in Canada

Added: 1 Feb 2010

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Toronto, Ontario -- Surfactants manufacturer Siltech Corp. has bought Rhodia…

Tokai Rubber sees sales fall sharply in nine months

Added: 29 Jan 2010

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Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber Industries made a small profit on sales down by over a q…

Bridgestone to make truck, bus radials in India

Added: 29 Jan 2010

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Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corporation's subsidiary in India is to make truck and bu…

Apollo doubles sales in Q3, profit grows strongly

Added: 29 Jan 2010

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Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres has reported sles up by 108 percent in the thre…

Freedonia publishes report on global tyre and rubber

Added: 29 Jan 2010

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Dublin, Ireland -- Freedonia has published a new report titled, World Rubber &…

Toyo picks site for Chinese tyre plant

Added: 29 Jan 2010

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Osaka, Japan -- Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. has picked Zhangjiagang City as th…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 Jan 2010)

Added: 29 Jan 2010

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

Silicone eliminates rubber gaskets from oil pan seals

Added: 29 Jan 2010

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Munich, Germany -- Wacker Chemie has developed a new silicone rubber specifica…

Staedtler uses TPE compound in Wopex pencil

Added: 29 Jan 2010

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Waldkraiburg, Germany -- it looks like a pencil; it writes like a pencil, but …