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Goodyear to pay $925,000 to settle US sex discrimination charge
Added: 18 Jan 2007
Danville, Virginia -- An administrative law judge has approved a settlement agreement between Goody…

Employee dies after accident at Cooper's Texarkana plant
Added: 18 Jan 2007
Texarkana, Arkansas -- A longtime employee died following an industrial accident on Tuesday (16 Jan…

D-C Setra buses select SmarTire TPMS
Added: 17 Jan 2007
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada -- SmarTire Systems Inc. will supply its SmartWave tyre pressure…

Durex seeks 'testers' for new polyurethane condom
Added: 17 Jan 2007
Wellington, New Zealand -- Durex, maker of the Avanti polyurethane condom, is promoting the latest …

Conti confirms interest in Goodyear Engineered Products
Added: 17 Jan 2007
Hanover, Germany -- Continental is still interested to buy some or all of Goodyear's Engineered Pro…

Conti sold 19.1 million winter tyres in 2006
Added: 17 Jan 2007
Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG said it sold a record 19.1 million winter tyres in 2006, up by 8…

Conti expands mobile network to US
Added: 17 Jan 2007
London -- Continental AG has signed a deal extending its international roaming network to North Ame…

Firestone building new TPO roofing facility in US
Added: 17 Jan 2007
Indianapolis -- Firestone Building Products Co. is constructing a new thermoplastic polyolefin manu…

BFS, USW back to bargaining table Jan. 30
Added: 17 Jan 2007
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- The United Steelworkers union has secured master contracts running into…

News from elsewhere on the web (17/Jan/2007)
Added: 17 Jan 2007
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EU car registrations up by 110 000 units in 2006
Added: 16 Jan 2007
Brussels - Total passenger car registrations in the EU and EFTA reached 15.365 million units in the…

China passes Japan to become second-largest vehicle market
Added: 16 Jan 2007
Detroit, Michigan - China passed Japan in 2006 as the second-largest vehicle market, the China Asso…

News from elsewhere on the web 16/Jan/07
Added: 16 Jan 2007
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Food-grade O-rings can be detected with metal detector
Added: 15 Jan 2007
Pocklington UK -- E-Components & Chains Ltd has launched a range of metal detectable elastomer comp…

Just-Auto releases profiles of tyre makers
Added: 15 Jan 2007
London -- Just-Auto has released a series of reports, each profiling one of the main tyre makers. T…

News from elsewhere on the web (15/Jan/2007)
Added: 15 Jan 2007
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Trelleborg combines business areas
Added: 15 Jan 2007
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg Building Systems business area will be combined with the Trellebor…

Cooper-Standard to close Ohio fluid systems plant
Added: 15 Jan 2007
Novi, Michigan -- Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. will close its fluid systems plant in Archbold, O…

IISRP delegates must book rooms by 2 Feb.
Added: 15 Jan 2007
Houston, Texas -- Early registration for the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers …

Clemson Tire conference clashes with Tire Technology
Added: 15 Jan 2007
Hilton Head, South Carolina -- Twenty-two presentations on tyre testing, tyre rolling resistance, t…