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GPX buys China factory
Added: 14 Aug 2006
Boston, Massachusetts - GPX International Tire Corp. has acquired the Hebei Starbright tyre factory…
Automakers shove, suppliers push back
Added: 14 Aug 2006
By Lindsay Chappell and Robert Sherefkin
It would have been unthinkable once for a lowly supplier t…
Continental boosts Mount Vernon tire plant investment
Added: 14 Aug 2006
Mount Vernon, Illinois -- Continental Tire North America Inc. will invest up to $30 million (€23.…
Degussa to cease production of rubber black line
Added: 14 Aug 2006
Parsippany, New Jersey -- Degussa Engineered Carbons LP (DEC) will close one of two rubber black pr…
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Added: 14 Aug 2006
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News from elsewhere on the web 11/Aug/06
Added: 11 Aug 2006
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AirBoss sees 57 percent rise in net income; strong performance in rubber compounding unit
Added: 11 Aug 2006
Newmarket, Ontario --- Rubber products manufacturer AirBoss of America Corp. posted a 57 percent bo…
Titan kickstarts integration of acquisitions; predicts 2007 sales to top $800 m
Added: 11 Aug 2006
Quincy, Illinois - Titan International Inc. expected its acquisitions to yield $340 million (€266…
Johnsen becomes president of Amerityre
Added: 11 Aug 2006
Boulder City, Nevada -- Kenneth Johnsen has been named president of Amerityre Corp., taking one of …
Toyo expands Open Country M/T tyre line; appoints new US sales managers
Added: 11 Aug 2006
Cypress, California - Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corp. engineers have developed new non-DOT (US Department …
International rubber bodies release forecast study
Added: 11 Aug 2006
Houston, Texas -- The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) and the International Institute of Sy…
Applied Industrial Technologies posts 30.6 percent boost in net income
Added: 10 Aug 2006
Cleveland, Ohio -- Higher sales, two acquisitions, cost controls and effective management of invent…
Yokohama 1st quarter profits decline on higher costs
Added: 10 Aug 2006
Tokyo -- Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has again lowered its earnings forecast for the 2007 fiscal year …
Steelworkers file complaint against Conti
Added: 10 Aug 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- The fight between Continental AG's US subsidiary and the United Steelwo…
Goodyear to expand use of self-sealing technology
Added: 10 Aug 2006
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear will expand its self-sealing commercial tyre technology to include more mix…
Riken Technos enters $20 m elastomer joint venture in Kentucky
Added: 10 Aug 2006
Hopkinsville, Kentucky -- Riken Elastomers Corp. is spending almost $20 million (€15.7 million) t…
Rubber prices expected to remain high
Added: 10 Aug 2006
By Erin Robinson
Rubber prices recently skyrocketed to 20-year highs, leaving tyre companies scrambl…
News from elsewhere on the web 10/Aug/06
Added: 10 Aug 2006
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Kraton suffers 79 percent drop in 2nd quarter net income
Added: 10 Aug 2006
Houston, Texas - Kraton Polymers LLC posted a 79 percent plunge in second-quarter net income as pri…
News from elsewhere on the web 9/Aug/06
Added: 9 Aug 2006
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