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German state leader objects to Continental job cuts
Added: 9 Dec 2005
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Frankfurt, Germany -- A senior German politician turned up the heat on tyr…
Global demand for TPEs to reach 3.1m tonnes in 2009
Added: 8 Dec 2005
Cleveland, Ohio -- Global demand for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) is forecast to increase 6.2 pe…
News from elsewhere on the web 08/12
Added: 8 Dec 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
US-based TIA appoints Fiore to director of government relations
Added: 8 Dec 2005
Bowie, Maryland -- Paul Fiore, director of business development at the Tire Industry Association si…
BFS restarts production at Venezuela plant after 11-day shutdown
Added: 8 Dec 2005
Valencia, Venezuela -- Bridgestone Firestone Venezolana CA has resumed production at its tyre plant…
US replacement passenger tyre shipments up 3.2% in 2005
Added: 8 Dec 2005
Washiington, DC --US passenger tyre shipmens should hit a record level this year, growing 3.2 perce…
Michelin to re-launch farm tyres in Mexico
Added: 8 Dec 2005
Queretaro, Mexico -- Michelin North America Inc. plans to begin selling Michelin and BFGoodrich bra…
Dow claims new vinyl silane improves dispersion in EPDM
Added: 8 Dec 2005
Midland, Michigan -- Dow Corning has introduced a new grade of silane coupling agent, that it says,…
Solvay increases TPO prices again
Added: 8 Dec 2005
Auburn Hills, Michigan -- Solvay Engineered Polymers, Inc., announced that it would raise prices on…
Stamford Tyres reports higher sales, profits for six months
Added: 7 Dec 2005
Singapore -- Revenues at Stamford Tyre were up 32 percent in the six months to October 2005. The Si…
Tyre makers to exhibit at Dubai auto show
Added: 7 Dec 2005
Dubai, UAE -- Bridgestone, Firestone, Michelin, Yokohama and Continental are all set to exhibit at …
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…
