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Harburg Freudenberger, Mesabi enter cooperative agreement

Added: 15 Nov 2006

Topeka, Kansas - Rubber machinery maker Harburg Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH and control systems…

ETRMA to challenge metric-only directive

Added: 14 Nov 2006

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

Brussels - The European tyre industry is concerned about the implications o…

JP Morgan analysts begin Michelin coverage with 'Overweight'

Added: 14 Nov 2006

Paris - Equity analyst JP Morgan has begun following Michelin and its initial rating is that the sh…

GM raises TPMS awareness with TV slot

Added: 14 Nov 2006

Detroit - General Motors has issued a package for TV journalists to run a brief story on tyre pres…

Chemtura, Al-Zamil to make catalysts in Jubail

Added: 14 Nov 2006

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Al-Zamil Group and Chemtura Corp. have signed an agreement to build a world…

Goodyear/USW negotiation talks set to resume today

Added: 14 Nov 2006

Akron, Ohio - Goodyear and United Steelworkers representatives plan to meet later today in Cincinna…

RMA schedules sixth annual National Tire Safety Week

Added: 14 Nov 2006

Washington, DC -  April 22-28, 2007 has been earmarked for the sixth annual National Tire Safety W…

News from elsewhere on the web 14/Nov/06

Added: 14 Nov 2006

(15 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Gustav Wolf add capacity, make bead wire at Indian steelcord JV

Added: 13 Nov 2006

Ranchi, India - Gustav Wolf and India's Usha Martin India are to begin making beads and beadwire a…

Rosehill says rubber granule sales are booming

Added: 13 Nov 2006

Sowerby Bridge, UK - Rosehill Polymers of Sowerby Bridge says it has won export orders worth more …

Germans toughen rules to protect automotive technology

Added: 13 Nov 2006

By Jens Meiners, Automotive News Europe

Munich, Germany - German suppliers applaud a tightening of g…

Cabot raises quarterly dividend

Added: 13 Nov 2006

Boston, Massachusetts - Cabot Corporation has approved an increase of $0.02 per share to the Corpo…

News from elsewhere on the web 13/Nov/06

Added: 13 Nov 2006

(7 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Dana restructuring to close 8 North American plants

Added: 13 Nov 2006

Toledo, Ohio - Auto parts supplier Dana Corp. unveiled a broad five-point plan to restructure its o…

AirBoss' earnings, sales jump

Added: 13 Nov 2006

Newmarket, Ontario - Spurred by rubber compounding division production efficiencies, improved produ…

BFS ships first US-made run-flat tyres to BMW

Added: 13 Nov 2006

Wilson, North Carolina - Bridgestone/Firestone has sent its first shipment of US-made Bridgestone P…

Lion Capital to buy Chemtura's EPDM business

Added: 12 Nov 2006

Middlebury, Connecticut -- Chemtura Corp. has announced that Lion Chemical Capital, LLC is the pote…

Earnings fall sharply at Yokohama Rubber, despite better first half sales

Added: 10 Nov 2006

Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., said its net sales in the six months ended 30 Sept. rose by 10…

Doctoral thesis defence on Computational modelling for rubber-like materials

Added: 10 Nov 2006

Delft Netherlands - A PhD student at the Technische Universiteit Delft defends his doctoral thesis…

Bekaert's Q3 figures reveal massive growth in Asia

Added: 10 Nov 2006

Kortrijk, Belgium - In its results for the nine months to 30 Sept, 2006, NV Bekaert SA has reveale…