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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…
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Added: 9 Mar 2007
(11 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Vredestein sees renewed demand for Space Master spare
Added: 9 Mar 2007
Enschede, Netherlands - Amtel Vredestein NV has shipped its millionth inflatable Space Master spare…
IRSG summit to look at supply and demand
Added: 9 Mar 2007
London - The Government of Thailand has offered to host the International Rubber Study Group's 43rd…
Goodyear, Bridgestone on 'Fortune's' Admired Companies list
Added: 8 Mar 2007
AKRON, Ohio, -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company appears in the list of most admired companies in…
Voss to lead Flexsys, Bolaños to Serve as Chairman Emeritus
Added: 8 Mar 2007
St. Louis, Missouri -- Solutia Inc.has said James Voss will become president of Flexsys, upon compl…
News from elsewhere on the web 08/Mar/07
Added: 8 Mar 2007
(9 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…
Dow Chemical to build world-scale Infuse plant
Added: 8 Mar 2007
Midland, Michigan - Dow Chemical Co. said it will build its first global-scale plant to produce ole…
Pirelli, Schrader perfect cyber tyre sensor
Added: 6 Mar 2007
Geneva, Switzerland -- Pirelli is in detailed discussions with
at least one major German tyre maker …
Hankook names Suh global CEO
Added: 6 Mar 2007
Seoul, South Korea-Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. has named Seung Hwa Suh-now
president and chief operating o…
Brisa dismisses senior staff in secrecy row
Added: 6 Mar 2007
Following a visit to the BRISA factory
in Turkey, by an international group of dealers and journalis…
Hytex re-launches Airboss brand in the UK
Added: 5 Mar 2007
Rotherham, UK -Â Hytex Mouldings Ltd is resurrecting the Airboss name for segmented rubber wheels i…
Nokian Tyres helps set world ice-speed record
Added: 5 Mar 2007
Oulu, Finland -Â A new world record speed for driving on ice was achieved when four-times
world ral…
News from elsewhere on the web 05/Mar/07
Added: 5 Mar 2007
(10 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
VW to adopt Audi's development method
Added: 5 Mar 2007
By Jason Stein, Automotive News Europe
Tunis, Tunisia - Volkswagen - which has pioneered module shar…
