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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…

Akron to get city-wide WiFi network

Added: 1 Dec 2005

Bethesda, Maryland -- The city of Akron is planning to deploy a city wireless network, pending fin…

J K Tyre increases sales in 12 months to Sept

Added: 30 Nov 2005

New Delhi, India -- Indian tyre maker, J K Industries Ltd reported soaring net profits for the thr…

UK Tyre Shredder fined for operating without licence

Added: 30 Nov 2005

Lancaster, UK -- A Lancashire tyre shredding company was fined £2500 (Euro 3700) on Friday at Lanc…

News from elsewhere on the web 30/11

Added: 30 Nov 2005

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

Bekaert buys Shell out of combustion JV

Added: 30 Nov 2005

Kortrijk, Belgium -- Bekaert and Belgian Shell have reached an agreement on the purchase of the 25 …

Michelin North America to raise tyre prices in early 2006

Added: 30 Nov 2005

Greenville, South Carolina -- Michelin North America Inc. will raise prices up to 8 percent on vari…

Bridgestone promotes Yoshimori

Added: 30 Nov 2005

Nashville, Tennessee --Hiro Yoshimori, a 24-year veteran of Bridgestone Corp. and its US-based subs…