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Polycomp wins ISO 16949 automotive production standard
Added: 27 Jan 2006
Vorden, Netherlands - Polycomp BV claims to be the first small compounding company to win ISO-TS169…

Continental AG aims for more record profit in 2006
Added: 27 Jan 2006
Reuters / Automotive News
Frankfurt, Germany - German automotive parts supplier Continental AG is ai…

Profile of US tyre retail sector at Research and Markets
Added: 27 Jan 2006
Dublin, Ireland - Research and Markets, the information broker, is marketing a report into the tyre…

Conti to sponsor UEFA 2008
Added: 27 Jan 2006
Nyon, Switzerland -UEFA, the European football federation, has announced that Continental AG has si…

News from elsewhere on the web 27/Jan/06
Added: 27 Jan 2006
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EPA asks fluoropolymer makers to eliminate PFOA
Added: 27 Jan 2006
Washington - The US Environmental Protection Agency is launching a global stewardship programme inv…

Continental and unions find “basis for Stöcken compromiseâ€
Added: 26 Jan 2006
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hanover, Germany-Continental AG says it has established a route for settling…

Safic sells NR activities to UK trading group
Added: 26 Jan 2006
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Paris-Safic-Alcan has announced that it has sold all its natural product act…

NR prices may reach RM10/kg say Malaysian Smallholders
Added: 26 Jan 2006
London -- Prices of natural rubber remain at historical highs in markets around the world and conti…

US company equips for latex moulded drysuits for divers
Added: 26 Jan 2006
Boise, Idaho -- A US company is making dry suits for diving enthusiasts in pure latex. The company …

SMMT advice on 'green' motoring refers to tyres
Added: 26 Jan 2006
London - The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) -the UK's automotive trade organisat…

News from elsewhere on the web 26/Jan/06
Added: 26 Jan 2006
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Goodyear completes purchase of South Pacific Tyres
Added: 26 Jan 2006
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has completed the acquisition of Ansell Ltd.'s interest in the companies' Au…

Conti Sime Tyres to source LT tyres from Vietnam
Added: 26 Jan 2006
Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam's Southern Rubber Industry Co. will make Sime-brand cross-ply light truc…

Cooper completes Shandong Chengshan deal
Added: 26 Jan 2006
Findlay Oio - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has completed its $70 million acquisition of 51 percent of C…

Amtel names Vredestein's Tholens as cfo
Added: 26 Jan 2006
Moscow - Amtel-Vredestein NV (A-V) has appointed the financial head of its Vredestein Banden BV uni…

Apollo to bring truck radial capacity on stream in October
Added: 26 Jan 2006
Baroda, Gujarat - Apollo Tyres is adding truck and bus capacity at its radial tyre plant in Baroda …

India simplifies FDI applications in rubber processing
Added: 26 Jan 2006
New Delhi -- India's Commerce Ministry has liberalised ownership restrictions known as FDI (Foreign…

Amtel cfo quits to head Moscow office of N M Rothschild
Added: 26 Jan 2006
Moscow - Victor Nekrassov, previously chief financial officer at Amtel-Vredestein, has joined N M R…

Chinese company seeks vendors for novelty product
Added: 26 Jan 2006
Dongua, China - Guangdong-based Best Rubber Products Ltd has developed a silicone rubber-based prod…