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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…

Mercedes changes way it develops cars
Added: 5 Mar 2007
By Tony Lewin, Automotive News Europe
Stuttgart, Germany - Mercedes-Benz is changing the way it deve…

CEO: Cooper will deliver results
Added: 5 Mar 2007
Findlay, Ohio - Roy Armes, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s president and CEO since January, said he is c…

Mixing room fire stops production at Goodyear factory in Thailand
Added: 5 Mar 2007
Pathum Thani, Thailand - A fire in a mixing room in Goodyear's tyre factory in Thailand has led to …

Vystar named top innovator in Georgia
Added: 2 Mar 2007
Atlanta, Georgia -Â Vystar Corp., makers of Vytex, a natural rubber latex (NRL) with low protein le…

Just-Auto announces auto tyre study
Added: 2 Mar 2007
Dublin, Ireland -Â Research & Markets is promoting a report titled, Global Market Review of Automot…

Semperit AG earns record profits despite raw materials, rising dollar
Added: 2 Mar 2007
Vienna - Semperit AG Holding said its consolidated net profit rose by 9.0 percent to €40.0 millio…

News from elsewhere on the web 02/Mar/07
Added: 2 Mar 2007
(6 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…