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Sinopec's rubber production up 5% in first nine months
Added: 1 Nov 2006
Beijing - Production of synthetic rubber at China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp) …

Yokohama expects profit in H1, 2007 to be much higher
Added: 1 Nov 2006
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. now says it beleives ordinary profit will be Â¥3000 million (…

Dunlop India's Sahagange unit reopens after five years
Added: 1 Nov 2006
Kolkata, India - After a gap of nearly five years, Dunlop India's plant in Sahagange reopened on Tu…

Conti records strong growth in first nine months
Added: 1 Nov 2006
Hannover, Germany - Sales and profits were up at Continental in the first nine months of 2006, whil…

Raw material costs hit Bridgestone's nine-month results
Added: 1 Nov 2006
Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp.'s net income fell almost 70 percent in the nine months to 30 September 20…

News from elsewhere on the web 1/Nov/06
Added: 1 Nov 2006
(7 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Trelleborg Completes Acquisition of American Reeves Brothers Inc.
Added: 31 Oct 2006
Stockholm, Sweden - Trelleborg´s acquisition of Reeves Brothers Inc.has now been completed and Tre…

AIAG to host RFID summit on Thursday 2 Nov
Added: 31 Oct 2006
Novi, Michigan - The US-based AIAG (Automotive Industry Action group) is hosting its third annual R…

Titan increases sales by more than 50 percent in third quarter
Added: 31 Oct 2006
Qquincy, Illinois - Tyre and wheel manufacturer Titan International Inc. boosted sales by 52 percen…

Pirelli unveils 405/25R24 Scorpion Zero concept at SEMA
Added: 31 Oct 2006
Las Vegas, Nevada -Â Pirelli has shown a 'super-single' concept tyre for North America's light truc…

News from elsewhere on the web 31/Oct/06
Added: 31 Oct 2006
(17 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Goodyear strike: No effects yet on GM, Chrysler
Added: 31 Oct 2006
By Robert Sherefkin, Automotive News
Detroit, Michigan - A nearly four-week-old strike against Good…

Goodyear plans to close Tyler, Texas, tyre plant
Added: 31 Oct 2006
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has said it plans to close its tyre manufacturing plant in Tyler, Texas, as …

USW blasts Goodyear´s plant closing plans
Added: 31 Oct 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The United Steelworkers union reacted strongly to Goodyear's announcement …

Chemtura [finally] sells Davis-Standard unit
Added: 31 Oct 2006
Middlebury, Connecticut - Chemtura, the specialist chemicals company, has finally sold its extruder…

Michelin to put TPMS in all truck tyres? - rumour
Added: 30 Oct 2006
London - Unusual movements in the share price of UK-based sensor company Transense Technologies plc…

Ford raises bar for China suppliers
Added: 30 Oct 2006
By Alysha Webb, Automotive News
Beijing, China - Steven Hsieh is head of supplier technical assistan…

Automotive News Europe says TPMS is good; Run-flats need work
Added: 30 Oct 2006
Germany - Reporters on ERJ's sister paper, Automotive News Europe have listed tyre pressure monito…

Diesel edges past petrol in Europe
Added: 30 Oct 2006
By Luca Ciferri, Automotive News Europe
Turin, Italy - Diesel-powered new cars are outselling petro…

CLEPA promises to 'stamp out' corruption
Added: 30 Oct 2006
By Douglas A. Bolduc | | Automotive News Europe
CLEPA, the European suppliers association, would…