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Goodyear changes management after Jon Rich quits Goodyear´s North American unit
Added: 15 Mar 2007
Akron, Ohio - Jon Rich, president of Goodyear North American Tire unit since December 2002, is leav…

News from elsewhere on the web 15/Mar/07
Added: 15 Mar 2007
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Pirelli Tyre eyes continued sales, earnings gains in ´07
Added: 15 Mar 2007
Milan, Italy - Pirelli Tyre SpA expects operating earnings and sales to improve this year over the …

Trelleborg to rename Busak + Shamban
Added: 15 Mar 2007
Stuttgart, Germany - Busak+Shamban operates as the global sales and marketing arm of Trelleborg Sea…

Rhodia Silica picks Noyrez as leader
Added: 15 Mar 2007
Paris - Rhodia has appointed Eric Noyrez as President of the Rhodia Silcea Enterprise and member of…

Rhodia completes de-bottlenecking to add silica capacity
Added: 15 Mar 2007
Lyons, France - Rhodia Silcea has recently added around 30 ktonnes/year capacity for highly-disper…

Degussa to licence dispersible silica technology from Rhodia
Added: 15 Mar 2007
Cologne, Germany - Rhodia, has announced a cross-licensing agreement on highly-dispersible precipit…

IRSG to move HQ to Singapore
Added: 15 Mar 2007
Wembley UK - The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) headquarters will move to Singapore before…

Michelin suing the FIA over rally tyre decision
Added: 15 Mar 2007
Paris - Group Michelin is suing the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) to get the FI…

UK 'Smarter Driving' campaign puts tyre pressure as top tip
Added: 12 Mar 2007
London - The UK government, through its Department for Transport has launched a "Smarter Driving" c…

Goodyear rewarded Keegan with $17.3 million in 2006. And two sets of tyres
Added: 12 Mar 2007
Akron -Â Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co has declared the compensation packages and stock holdings of its…

News from elsewhere on the web 12/Mar/07
Added: 12 Mar 2007
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UK conglomerate to buy former Goodyear subsidiary, Engineered Fabrics
Added: 12 Mar 2007
White Plains, New York - Engineered Fabrics Corp., the former Goodyear Aerospace subsidiary is to c…

Automakers in Geneva feel green heat wave
Added: 12 Mar 2007
By Dave Guilford, Automotive News
Geneva, Switzerland - Outside the Geneva Auto Salon, fleets of Sma…

Sumitomo Rubber profits fall despite higher sales for 2006
Added: 12 Mar 2007
Kobe, Japan -Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd., bouyed by sales outside of Japan, reported 4.1-percen…

Hankook to enter US Drift races with a Porsche
Added: 9 Mar 2007
Wayne, New Jersey - Hankook Tire America Corp., will sponsor two cars in the 2007 Formula Drift Ser…

Rapra publishes rubber IR spectra data
Added: 9 Mar 2007
Shawbury, UK -Â Rapra has published the 3rd edition of its Rapra Collection of Infrared Spectra of…

US Government Accountabiity Office describes extent of tyre under-inflation problem
Added: 9 Mar 2007
Washington, DC -Â An official report has found that over a quarter of cars and a third of light t…

ExxonMobil opens auto applications centre in Japan
Added: 9 Mar 2007
Tokyo -Â ExxonMobil Chemical has officially opened a new polymers automotive applications centre in…

News from elsewhere on the web 09/Mar/07
Added: 9 Mar 2007
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