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Engel opens Czech service centre
Added: 9 Oct 2006
Schwertberg, Austria - Engel Austria GmbH subsidiary Engel Czechia has opened a new service centre …

TNO tyres part of LMS simulation software
Added: 9 Oct 2006
Leuven, Belgium - Engineering company LMS will integrate the tyre models of TNO's automotive busin…

News from elsewhere on the web 09/Oct/06
Added: 9 Oct 2006
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CT Extrusions acquires extrusion business from Custom Rubber
Added: 9 Oct 2006
Stow, Ohio -- CT Extrusions LLC has acquired the extrusion business and related assets of Cleveland…

Yokohama to set up Indian subsidiary in 2007
Added: 6 Oct 2006
Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Co. will set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in New Delhi, India, in January 2…

News from elsewhere on the web 06/Oct/2006
Added: 6 Oct 2006
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Workers strikes at 16 Goodyear sites in US
Added: 6 Oct 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- More than 15 000 union workers at 16 Goodyear tyre and rubber product s…

Bridgestone founder Ishibashi joins Auto Hall of Fame
Added: 5 Oct 2006
Dearborn, Michigan - Bridgestone Corp. founder Shojiro Ishibashi has been inducted into the Automot…

ExxonMobil, Yokohama announce innerliner material
Added: 5 Oct 2006
Houston, Texas -ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (YRC) have jointly announ…

Bribes offered most often in India, China and Russia
Added: 5 Oct 2006
Berlin, Germany - Transparency International, a website devoted to fighting corruption in governmen…

News from elsewhere on the web (05 Oct 2006)
Added: 5 Oct 2006
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Chemtura to pay $51 million to pay rubber chemicals class claims
Added: 5 Oct 2006
Middlebury, Connecticut - Chemtura Corp. has resolved the federal class action litigation involving…

Bayer settles rubber chemicals, EPDM class actions
Added: 5 Oct 2006
San Rafael, Califronia - In mid-September, Bayer AG announced it has set aside $282 million to sett…

Lanxess lifts technical rubber prices in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Latin America
Added: 4 Oct 2006
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess is raising the price of its technical rubber products in Europe, Afri…

Michelin experiment finds its A2 Energy truck tyres more fuel efficient
Added: 4 Oct 2006
Stoke-on-Trent, UK - Almost 30 litres of fuel were saved by using Michelin's A2 Energy truck tyres …

AirBoss gets $9.8 m US military boot order
Added: 4 Oct 2006
Newmarket, Canada -- AirBoss-Defense, a division of AirBoss of America Corp., has received the fir…

Trelleborg starts talks on closure of Ystad protective products unit
Added: 4 Oct 2006
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg Group has started talks with trade unions regarding the closure of …

News from elsewhere on the web 04/Oct/06
Added: 4 Oct 2006
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ADAC recommends winter tyres
Added: 3 Oct 2006
Munich, Germany - The German motoring organisation (ADAC)'s annual winter tyre test results are out…

Find suppliers of seals and gaskets
Added: 3 Oct 2006
Westboro, Massachusetts - ForeignTradeExchange.com, a US-based company, has produced an online buyi…