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Cabot puts $10 million aside to settle antitrust claims

Added: 14 May 2007

Boston, Massachusetts - Cabot Corp has set aside $10 million as a reserve to settle some lawsuits …

News from elsewhere on the web 14/May/07

Added: 14 May 2007

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Hankook earnings down despite higher sales

Added: 14 May 2007

Seoul, Korea - Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. reported lower first quarter operating and recurring earnings …

Michelin shareholders confirm co-managing partners

Added: 14 May 2007

Clermont-Ferrand - Michelin shareholders confirmed Didier Miraton (pictured), director of research …

Rosehill Polymers boosts TPV sales into US sports surface market

Added: 11 May 2007

Sowerby Bridge, UK - Rosehill Polymers says sales of its proprietary TPV into the US sports surfac…

News from elsewhere on the web 11/May/07

Added: 11 May 2007

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Goodyear to make public offering

Added: 11 May 2007

Akron, Ohio - Goodyear said it will make a public offering of more than 22.5 million shares, from …

Yokohama profits down despite record sales

Added: 11 May 2007

Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. reported record sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, but oper…

Yokohama to expand capacity at Japanese, Thai plants

Added: 11 May 2007

Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. plans to expand production capacity at plants in Japan and Thailan…

Botswana government says tyres are sub-standard

Added: 10 May 2007

Gaborone, Botswana - An official document from the Government of Botswana says the tyres procured …

Airboss, Rhodia, Showa Denko report Q1 results

Added: 10 May 2007

London - The quarterly results season continues with figures for the first three months of 2007 fr…

Research reports profile Hankook, Goodyear

Added: 10 May 2007

Dublin, Ireland - Two new reports from the people at Just-Auto offer profiles of two leading tyre …

Goodyear subpeonad in Marine Hose investigation

Added: 10 May 2007

New York - Goodyear received a grand jury document subpoena on 2 May, 2007 relating to a US Dept o…

Senate committee passes CAFE bill with tyre fuel efficiency provision

Added: 10 May 2007

Washington DC - The Senate Commerce Committee has passed by voice vote a bill that would require au…

News from elsewhere on the web 10/May/07

Added: 10 May 2007

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Dow is “not liable” for European CR penalties

Added: 10 May 2007

Zurich, Switzerland - Dow Chemical has said it is not responsible for any further liabilities relat…

Correction - Lanxess seeking to expand CR unit to 100 kt

Added: 10 May 2007

Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG is seeking to expand capacity at its Dormagen polychloroprene rubb…

Michelin to tackle imitations of its XDY tread

Added: 9 May 2007

By Simona Stankovska, ERJ staff

Paris- Michelin has begun legal proceedings against Kirkby Tyres Ltd…

Ex-Goodyear exec Pace to head Pirelli Tire North America

Added: 9 May 2007

Rome, Georgia Pirelli Tyre SpA has named Hugh Pace, formerly president of Goodyear´s Asia Pacific …

DPE declines to comment on European CR investigation

Added: 9 May 2007

Geneva, Switzerland - DuPont Performance Elastomers has declined to comment on the EC investigatio…