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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…

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Added: 2 Mar 2007
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Yokohama to show runflats at Geneva
Added: 2 Mar 2007
Tokyo -Yokohama Rubber will use the Geneva motor show to present products focusing on its global fl…

Yokohama announces new Advan website
Added: 2 Mar 2007
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. has redesigned and updated its website for its global flagshi…

Cooper posts sales gains, net losses in full-year
Added: 2 Mar 2007
Findlay, Ohio - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. posted double digit sales gains in both the fourth quarter…

Renault's Logan to use Amtel-Vredestein tyres in Russia
Added: 2 Mar 2007
Moscow, Russia - Amtel-Vredestein NV said its Russian subsidiary, OJSC Amtel-Vredestein has been no…

Auto suppliers, Sacred, BRC link up in sales, technology
Added: 2 Mar 2007
St Lubin, France - Two mid-sized automotive rubber component makers have formed a global strategic …

Trelleborg completes acquisition of Gummiteknik
Added: 1 Mar 2007
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg AB's acquisition of Gummiteknik GTM AB has been finalised. The Swed…

Titan´s quarterly, 2006 sales rise on acquisitions
Added: 1 Mar 2007
Quincy, Illinois - Titan International Inc. posted double digit gains in its sales for the fourth q…

Solutia reaches "definitive agreement" over Flexsys purchase
Added: 1 Mar 2007
St Louis, Minnesota - Solutia Inc. "has reached a definitive agreement to purchase Akzo Nobel N.V.…

News from elsewhere on the web 01/Mar/07
Added: 1 Mar 2007
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Goodyear to change pension, benefit plans for employees, retirees
Added: 1 Mar 2007
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear next year will freeze its defined benefit pension plans for employees and re…

Demand for places at REACH conference forces change in venue
Added: 28 Feb 2007
Shropshire, UK - Rapra Technology, has been forced to move its first international conference on RE…

Asia Rubber & Tire event scheduled for April 2007
Added: 28 Feb 2007
Singapore -Â Centre for Management Technology (CMT) has announced the 2nd China/Asia Rubber & Tire …

News from elsewhere on the web 28/Feb/07
Added: 28 Feb 2007
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