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Cabot puts $10 million aside to settle antitrust claims
Added: 14 May 2007
Boston, Massachusetts -Â 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 -Â 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 -Â An official document from the Government of Botswana says the tyres procured …

Airboss, Rhodia, Showa Denko report Q1 results
Added: 10 May 2007
London -Â 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 -Â 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 -Â 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 -Â DuPont Performance Elastomers has declined to comment on the EC investigatio…