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Bridgestone net income plummets by 68 percent as commodity prices bite

Added: 9 Aug 2006

Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp. has reported a 68 percent plunge in net income for the first half of the …

Gates, Winhere form Chinese joint venture

Added: 9 Aug 2006

Denver, Colorado -- Gates Corp. and Winhere Auto-Part Manufacturing Co. Ltd. have formed a joint ve…

Dow Corning, Wacker to build siloxanes factory in China

Added: 9 Aug 2006

Midland, Michigan -- The Chinese joint venture between Dow Corning Corp. and Wacker Chemie AG has r…

NRI, Kinetics Noise Control form marketing deal

Added: 9 Aug 2006

Toronto, Canada -- NRI Industries has signed a partnership with Kinetics Noise Control to co-market…

Bridgestone's run-flat tyre available with 2007 Lexus hybrid

Added: 9 Aug 2006

Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone's 18-inch Turanza ER33 RFT run-flat tyres will be available as o…

Amtel-Vredestein agrees to buy Russian auto parts distributor

Added: 8 Aug 2006

Moscow - Amtel-Vredestein's retail unit, AV-TO, has agreed to buy Russian auto parts distributor LL…

US tyre shipments to fall by 2.8 percent in 2006

Added: 8 Aug 2006

Washington -- This year's tyre shipments in the US will fall by 2.8 percent, or 8.9 million units, …

GE Advanced Materials unveils new NXT silane line

Added: 8 Aug 2006

Wilton, Connecticut -- The silicones unit of GE Advanced Materials has launched NXT Z silane, an ad…

GM, Goodyear deal averts stalemate for now

Added: 8 Aug 2006

Detroit, Michigan -- A deal late last week between Goodyear and General Motors Corp. (GM) temporari…

Apollo Tyres to build radial tyre plant in southern India

Added: 8 Aug 2006

Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd. has picked a site in India´s Tamil Nadu state for a new radial…

Nokian Tyres sales up by 18 percent, boosted by success in Russia and eastern Europe

Added: 8 Aug 2006

Helsinki - Nokian Tyres plc reported an 18.3 percent rise in sales to €349.4 million and an opera…

News from elsewhere on the web 8/Aug/06

Added: 8 Aug 2006

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

West Pharmaceutical posts record quarterly sales, EPS

Added: 7 Aug 2006

Lionville, Pennsylvania -- Medical components manufacturer West

Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. report…

Lower volume dampens Goodyear profitability in 2nd quarter

Added: 7 Aug 2006

Akron, Ohio -- Weak demand in the North American consumer

replacement market kept a lid on GoodyearÂ…

Goodyear´s Engineered Products sale process started

Added: 7 Aug 2006

Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear began marketing its Engineered Products

business unit to potential buyers in…

Goodyear expands cost-cutting goals for 2008

Added: 7 Aug 2006

Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear Chairman and CEO Robert Keegan said he will

seek to cut "more than $1000 mil…

Matador sales, earnings up in 1st half

Added: 7 Aug 2006

Bratislava, Slovak Republic -- Slovak tyre and rubber products

maker Matador A.S. reported double-di…

Cooper expects Kenda venture in China on-stream in ´06

Added: 7 Aug 2006

Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. expects its tyre

production joint venture in China with Ta…

Gates Corp. buys ENZED-Fleximak

Added: 7 Aug 2006

Denver, Colorado --  Gates Corp., the largest non-tyre manufacturer of

automotive and industrial pr…

GM sues Goodyear over supply dispute

Added: 4 Aug 2006

Warren, Michigan - General Motors Corp. is suing Goodyear, accusing the tyre maker of halting shipm…