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Michelin budgets $26 million to expand US car tyre plant
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Paris -- Michelin North America Inc. will invest $26 million in its Greenville, South Carolina, pas…
Pirelli considers making tyre division a stand-alone company
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli & C. SpA´s board of directors are considering spinning off the firm´s ty…
Most BFS strikers go back to work in Liberia
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Harbel, Liberia -- Most of the nearly 6000 workers at the Bridgestone/Firestone natural rubber plan…
Michelin expanding Thai tyre plant in $94 million project
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Paris -- Michelin is investing $94 million to expand capacity for passenger tyres by about a third …
Michelin margins up in ´05 on better prices, tighter cost controls
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Paris -- Despite 15-percent higher raw materials costs last year, Michelin managed to increase its …
News from elsewhere on the web 13/Feb/2006
Added: 14 Feb 2006
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Synthetic rubber pioneer Samuel Horne Jr. dies at age 82
Added: 14 Feb 2006
Brecksville, Ohio - Samuel Horne, the research chemist credited with leading a team of scientists i…
Exhibition on tyres and rubber set for Shanghai in November
Added: 14 Feb 2006
Shanghai, China - The 6th International Exhibition on Tyres and Rubber Technology is scheduled to t…
Michelin will not show a single tyre at Geneva on press days
Added: 10 Feb 2006
Paris - Michelin has sent out emails to journalists inviting them to the Michelin stand at the Gene…
NR prices continue gradual decline from historic highs
Added: 10 Feb 2006
London -- Natural rubber prices are drifting downwards from their record highs of last week, but re…
News from elsewhere on the web 10/Feb/06
Added: 10 Feb 2006
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Continental sells Stankiewicz to Dutch investment group
Added: 9 Feb 2006
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hanover, Germany-Continental AG has sold its Stankiewicz GmbH unit to Dutch …
Volvo exec: Look outside for parts
Added: 9 Feb 2006
Mark Rechtin, Automotive News
LOS ANGELES -- Volvo Car Corp. has to set aside its pride.
Known for it…
NR prices recover a little, still close to historic highs
Added: 9 Feb 2006
London -- Natural rubber prices continue to yo-yo around historic highs.
In Tokyo the benchmark 6-…
Goodyear blimp goes electronic in a bid to beat ad-zappers
Added: 9 Feb 2006
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has struck a deal with TV broadcaster NBC to put advertisements on TV screen…
China ends EPDM dumping probe as Jilin withdraws complaint
Added: 9 Feb 2006
Beijing - China's Ministry of Commerce has reportedly ended its investigation into alleged dumping …
JK Industries to spin off tyre business
Added: 9 Feb 2006
Mumbai, India - J K Industries Ltd has informed BSE (the stock exchange in Mumbai) of its intention…
News from elsewhere on the web 9/Feb/06
Added: 9 Feb 2006
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Amtel names new director of Voronezh
Added: 9 Feb 2006
Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Amtel-Vredestein has appointed Victor Tuluk to the post of general dir…
René Zingraff to retire as Michelin co-Gérant in May
Added: 8 Feb 2006
Paris - Michelin has announced that René Zingraff is to step down as co-Gérant of the Michelin gr…
