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Cooper offers to buy back debt notes
Added: 15 Nov 2005
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire and Rubber has made a cash offer for three specific outstanding debts.…
Study forecasts more cars will switch to air suspensions
Added: 15 Nov 2005
London -- A report from Frost and Sullivan tracks the development of the automotive suspensions bus…
News from elsewhere on the web 15/11
Added: 15 Nov 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Rubber, latex world summit postponed
Added: 15 Nov 2005
Bangkok, Thailand -- The Rubber & Latex World Summit scheduled for held Dec. 14-17 has been resched…
Korean producer of NBR, SBR joins IISRP
Added: 15 Nov 2005
Houston, Texas -- LG Daesan Petrochemical Ltd. has joined the International Institute of Synthetic …
Cabot Corp. declares quarterly dividend
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Boston, Massachusetts -- On Friday, November 11, 2005, the Board of Directors of Cabot Corp. declar…
News from elsewhere on the web 14/11
Added: 14 Nov 2005
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Japanese carmakers want Europe's module expertise
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Luca Ciferri, Automotive News Europe
Turin, Italy -- Japanese carmakers want to adopt the module-…
3 projects at BMW aim at supplier cooperation in N America
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Lindsay Chappell, Automotive News
Three construction projects at BMW AG's US assembly plant are i…
Bekaert reports 11 percent sales growth in nine months to Sept
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Kortrijk, Belgium -- In the first nine months of 2005, NV Bekaert SA achieved consolidated sales of…
Bekaert opens non-steelcord plant in Suzhou
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Suzhou, China -- NV Bekaert SA has officially opened a new production unit for advanced materials a…
AirBoss of America records quarterly loss
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Newmarket, Ontario -- AirBoss of America Corp.'s sales increased for the quarter and first nine mon…
Amtel's IPO price lower than predicted, values company at $750 m
Added: 14 Nov 2005
London -- Amtel-Vredestein has revealed the price of it's IPO share offer to be $11 each, well belo…
BFS workers at seven plants ratify new contract
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia--Workers at seven Bridgestone/Firestone tyre and rubber plants have ratifi…
Conti has 'record-breaking†first half: US tyre unit still losing money
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hanover, Germany-Sales for Continental AG rose 10.6 percent to Euro 6808 mil…
Parker Hannifin reports record year-end sales, earnings
Added: 14 Nov 2005
From Rubber & Plastics News
Cleveland, Ohio-Parker Hannifin Corp. posted new records in sales, earni…
Jefferson Rubber gains US Army contract
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Worcester, Massachusetts-Rubber moulder Jefferson Rubber Works Inc. is to ma…
CEH sees silica use still growing significantly in western Europe, Japan
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Menlo Park, California-CEH (Chemical Economics Handbook) has produced a new market report on silica…
Pirelli to invest Euro 60 million in Chinese tyre joint-venture
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Milan, Italy-Pirelli has finalised its joint-venture agreement in China with…
Michelin intensifies tyre r&d efforts
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Larry Edsall, Automotive News
"Energy costs are not going to fall, and raw materials are not goi…
