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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…
Yokohama settles suit with South China Tire
Added: 2 Dec 2005
Fullerton, California -- Yokohama Tire Corp. said it has settled a patent infringement suit with So…
Electronic device measures tread contact pressures
Added: 2 Dec 2005
East Hanover, New Jersey -- Sensor Products LLC announces its next generation Tactilus tyre tread f…
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…
