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Added: 12 Sep 2006
Houston, Texas - The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) has published th…

News from elsewhere on the web 12/Sept/06
Added: 12 Sep 2006
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Designers helped supplier land contract
Added: 12 Sep 2006
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan -When Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. came up with a different way to make …

Study shows strained relations supplier-OEM relations
Added: 12 Sep 2006
Klaus-Dieter Floerecke  |  | Automobilwoche / September 11, 2006 - 2:23 pm
Munich, Germany - S…

Gori: Tyre labeling standards need to be harmonised
Added: 12 Sep 2006
AKRON (Sept. 11, 2006) -- The world´s tyre makers need to find ways to harmonise a growing portfol…

Pelmar to show Lynx runflat concept at ITEC
Added: 11 Sep 2006
Ramat Hasharon, Israel - Pelmar, an engineering company based in Israel has announced a new concept…

AXA Private Equity buys Eliokem for €130 m
Added: 11 Sep 2006
Greenwich, Connecticut - AXA Private Equity has agreed to buy speciality resins and polymers manufa…

News from elsewhere on the web 11/Sep/06
Added: 11 Sep 2006
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Bridgestone's Polish air springs operation to start shipments to OEM
Added: 11 Sep 2006
Wolsztyn, Poland - Bridgestone Corp. subsidiary Firestone Industrial Products (FSIP) Poland will s…

Titan ties up 5-year supply deal with Grove
Added: 11 Sep 2006
Quincy, Illinois - Titan International Inc. has entered a five-year wheel and tyre supply deal with…

VMI acquires MTI Global
Added: 11 Sep 2006
Haaksbergen, Netherlands - Tyre and rubber compound machinery maker VMI has acquired Manufacturing …

Cooper to restructure to cut costs, boost profits
Added: 11 Sep 2006
New York -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. plans to cut costs by $70 million (€55 million) a year, impr…

Bridgestone aids clean water effort in Liberia
Added: 11 Sep 2006
Harbel, Liberia -- Bridgestone Corp., through its Firestone Natural Rubber Co. subsidiary, is makin…

Goodyear sells global tyre cord business to Hyosung for $80 m
Added: 7 Sep 2006
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has agreed to sell its global tyre cord operations in Lux…

News from elsewhere on the web 7/Sep/06
Added: 7 Sep 2006
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Amtel-Vredestein starts tyre production at Moscow Tyre Plant
Added: 7 Sep 2006
Moscow - Amtel-Vredestein NV has announced that it had started producing its Amtel brand tyres at i…

DSM and Durel develop train springs with TPE-E
Added: 7 Sep 2006
Sittard, Netherlands - DSM Engineering Plastics and Durel GmbH have developed a range of railway si…

Former head of Malaysia's rubber research body dies at 76
Added: 7 Sep 2006
Chennai, India -- Tan Sri Dr B.C. Sekhar, former director of the Rubber Research Institute of Malay…

Report analyses global thermoplastic elastomers industry
Added: 7 Sep 2006
Dublin - Corporate information broker Research and Markets has released a report on the global stat…

Nokian launches Hakka summer tyre range
Added: 6 Sep 2006
Helsinki - Nokian Tyres plc has launched a new summer tyre for rough, wet and grooved roads aimed a…