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Delticom takes online tyre retailing to US with tires-easy.com
Added: 2 Dec 2005
Hanover, Germany -- Delticom AG, which claims to be the largest online tyre dealer in Europe, is br…
News from elsewhere on the web 02/12
Added: 2 Dec 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Ford adds Pirelli, Hankook to preferred supplier list
Added: 2 Dec 2005
By Amy Wilson, Automotive News
Detroit. Michigan -- Ford Motor Co. named 12 more strategic suppliers…
Amtel-Vredestein buys 40 tyre retail stores in Russia
Added: 2 Dec 2005
Moscow -- Amtel-Vredestein has announced that it has agreed to buy approximately 40 retail and serv…
Chemtura re-starts third EPDM line in Geismar following 19 Oct fire
Added: 2 Dec 2005
Geismar. Louisiana -- Chemtura Corp. said its Crompton manufacturing facility at Geismar has restar…
Trelleborg builds plant for automotive anti-vibration products in Romania
Added: 2 Dec 2005
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg has decided that the Trelleborg Automotive business area will cons…
Elastomers in Engineering: call for papers
Added: 2 Dec 2005
London -- The Rubber in Engineering Group of the IOM3 has issued a call for papers for a 1-day conf…
Grace increases prices on silica materials
Added: 1 Dec 2005
Worms, Germany -- Grace Davison Engineered Materials a business unit of Grace GmbH & Co, KG, will i…
Ronald Rivlin, elasticity pioneer, dies
Added: 1 Dec 2005
Palo Alto, California -- Ronald Samuel Rivlin, noted for his work on the elastic behaviour of rubbe…
Trelleborg opens Chinese JV for making special hoses
Added: 1 Dec 2005
Shangyu, China -- Trelleborg Engineered Systems, a business area within the Trelleborg Group, has e…
Pirelli claims Breuberg is biggest tyre-making plant in Germany
Added: 1 Dec 2005
Breuberg, Germany -- Pirelli is saying that its MIRS tyre factory in Breuberg is the most productiv…
Workers threaten Continental AG over job cut plans
Added: 1 Dec 2005
Hanover, Germany (Reuters) -- Workers at Continental AG threatened to back out of 10 labour deals, …
News from elsewhere on the web 01/12
Added: 1 Dec 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Pirelli moves into films, with viral marketing movie
Added: 1 Dec 2005
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli is moving into so-called viral marketing with a movie, titled The Call, and…
Pirelli employees sell 2006 calendar on eBay
Added: 1 Dec 2005
Carlisle, UK -- Recipients of this year's Pirelli calendar are selling the exclusive product on eBa…
BFS suspends operations at Venezuela plant
Added: 1 Dec 2005
Valencia, Venezuela --Bridgestone Firestone Venezolana C.A. has suspended operations at its tyre pl…
Avon Rubber records pre-tax loss on unchanged sales
Added: 1 Dec 2005
London -- Avon Rubber PLC said it had a challenging year as it announced its results for the 12 mon…
Cooper-Avon drops Avon name
Added: 1 Dec 2005
Melksham, UK -- As of 1 Jan. 2006, Cooper-Avon Tyres Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Cooper Tire & Rubber…
Schoch increases stake in Airboss of America
Added: 1 Dec 2005
Newmarket, Ontario -- Gren Schoch has acquired 470,000 common shares of AirBoss of America Corp. th…
Bob Hartmayer replaces Ben van Kooten at DSM Elastomers
Added: 1 Dec 2005
Heerlen, Netherlands -- DSM has announced that Bob Hartmayer (53) will take the job of business gro…
