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News from elsewhere on the web 07/12
Added: 7 Dec 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Dow increases prices of EPDM (Nordel) products
Added: 7 Dec 2005
Horgen, Switzerland - - Dow Europe GmbH is announcing price increases for its Nordel hydrocarbon …
Goodyear names Wessel a director
Added: 7 Dec 2005
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has elected Michael Wessel, an attorney with nearly 30 years' experience as…
IISRP to honour Schremp, Graves of Firestone
Added: 6 Dec 2005
Houston, Texas - The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers Inc. (IISRP) will honou…
84% of Quebecois use winter tyres, but only 29% of Ontarians
Added: 6 Dec 2005
Mississauga, Ontario -- Canadian inventories of winter tyres are depleting rapidly as a result of h…
Liquid Rubber roofing comes to UK
Added: 6 Dec 2005
Nottingham, UK -- Liquid Rubber GB, based in Nottingham has won the rights to sell the Liquid Rubbe…
Lanxess, Bayer make Euro336 million provision for anti-trust litigation
Added: 6 Dec 2005
Leverkusen, Germany -- Bayer AG has announced it is making an extraordinary provision of around Eur…
Michelin speech in S Carolina causes confusion
Added: 6 Dec 2005
Greenville, South Carolina -- A speech by Edouard Michelin to analysts and journalists at Michelin'…
Michelin shows scooter version of Airless wheel concept
Added: 6 Dec 2005
Milan, Italy--Groupe Michelin has unveiled a prototype scooter version of its Airless wheel, design…
Bekaert closes wire plant (not steelcord) in Michigan
Added: 6 Dec 2005
Kortrijk, Belgium -- Bekaert has announced the closure of a steel wire plant in Muskegon, Michigan …
Ruia acquisition of Dunlop India -- update
Added: 6 Dec 2005
New Delhi -- more press coverage on the acquisition of Dunlop India and Falcon Tyres by the Ruia gr…
News from elsewhere on the web 06/12
Added: 6 Dec 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Cooper-Standard to buy ITT Industries fluid handling business
Added: 6 Dec 2005
Novi, Michigan --Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. has reached a deal to buy ITT Industries Inc.'s au…
Conti seeks major concessions at Charlotte plant
Added: 6 Dec 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Workers at Continental Tire North America Inc.'s tyre plant in Charlot…
Bridgestone claims 3 million runflat sales
Added: 5 Dec 2005
Japan -- Bridgestone Corporation announced today that it recently shipped its three-millionth runfl…
Goodyear introduces on-line hose tracker to improve maintenance. RFID is next
Added: 5 Dec 2005
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear Engineered Products is introducing an on-line tracking system that -- it sa…
Private company buys Dunlop India, Falcon Tyres
Added: 5 Dec 2005
Kolkata, India -- Indian papers are full of reports that the privately-owned and unlisted company, …
News from elsewhere on the web 05/12
Added: 5 Dec 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Ford to reward purchasing execs on better collaboration
Added: 5 Dec 2005
By Amy Wilson, Automotive News
Detroit, Michigan -- Ford's buyers historically have been rewarded pr…
Michelin launches blitz against counterfeiters
Added: 5 Dec 2005
Paris -- Groupe Michelin has launched a blitz against other makers of truck tyres who copy Michelin…
