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Bridgestone wins exclusive OE on Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Added: 17 Aug 2006
Brussels -Â Aston Martin has selected Bridgestone tyres as exclusive OE fitment on its V8 Vantage.…
Trelleborg to buy Danish roofing businesses
Added: 17 Aug 2006
Trelleborg, Sweden -Â Trelleborg Building Systems is to acquire the operations of Denmark-based Het…
Freudenberg-NOK appoints Batchik to Quality V-P
Added: 17 Aug 2006
Plymouth, Michigan - Freudenberg-NOK has named John Batchik as vice president of quality. The annou…
Skellerup full-year revenues boosted by acquisitions
Added: 17 Aug 2006
Auckland, New Zealand -Â Skellerup Holdings reported group revenues up by 34 percent, to NZ$159 mil…
News from elsewhere on the web 17/August/06
Added: 17 Aug 2006
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MTI Global posts net loss and 7.5 percent drop in sales for Q2
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Mississauga, Canada - MTI Global Inc. posted a C$210 000 (€146 444) net loss for the second quart…
Lanxess reports strong earnings in H1; but margins slip in rubber
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Leverkusen, Germany -Â Lanxess AG has reported a good second quarter. In performance rubber, the co…
Trelleborg completes Mehren Rubber acquisition
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Stockholm, Sweden -Â Trelleborg's acquisition of Mehren Rubber A/S through its Engineered Systems b…
Report studies wiper blade aftermarket in US
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Palo Alto, California -Â New technology in wiper blades for automotive windscreens is changing the …
News from elsewhere on the web 16/August/06
Added: 16 Aug 2006
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Pirelli R&D chief to give ITEC keynote address
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Akron, Ohio -- Maurizio Boiocchi, senior vice president and director of research and development fo…
BASF boosting prices for SBR latex
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Charlotte, North Carolina -- BASF is raising the price of its styrene-butadiene latex products, bla…
Cooper names European VP
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. has named Julian Baldwin vice president of its European…
GPX names Latin America president
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Malden, Massachusetts -- GPX International Tire Corp. has named Gustavo Lima president of its Latin…
Imerys raises kaolin prices in North America
Added: 15 Aug 2006
Atlanta, Georgia - Imerys Performance Minerals North America has announced a product price increase…
Amtel-Vredestein reports loss, but expects 2006 sales to reach $800m
Added: 15 Aug 2006
Enschede, Netherlands - Amtel-Vredestein NV says it expects full year revenues to reach $800 millio…
Beru reports double digit growth in H1
Added: 15 Aug 2006
Ludwigsburg, Germany - Beru AG (a manufacturer of tyre pressure monitoring systems) increased its t…
Toyota offers to replace Dunlop runflats on Sienna in US
Added: 15 Aug 2006
Washington DC -Â Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. is offering owners of 2004-06 four-wheel-drive Toyota …
News from elsewhere on the web 15/August/06
Added: 15 Aug 2006
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Ansell fails in bid for Polish condom maker
Added: 15 Aug 2006
Red Bank, New Jersey -- Ansell Ltd has failed in its bid to purchase Polish condom maker Unimil S.A…
