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Rubber, thermoplastic roofing materials help boost Carlisle results
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina--Carlisle Cos. Inc. reported income from continuing operations of $44.3 m…

Carlisle Companies confirms Zhejiang Kete braking business buy
Added: 14 Nov 2005
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Charlotte, North Carolina--Carlisle Companies Inc. has announced that it had signed a defini…

Michelin selects Hyperion as business performance management standard
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Santa Clara, California--Hyperiona vendor of business performance management software, has announce…

Michelin confirms plan for truck tyres at Tours
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Paris--A spokesman for Michelin has confirmed that the company is in the process of expanding produ…

Royal closes on Hardman acquisition
Added: 14 Nov 2005
South Bend, Indiana --Royal Adhesives and Sealants LLC has completed its acquisition of Elementis P…

Hexagon buys US wheel maker Trostel SEG
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Stockholm-Swedish group Hexagon has bought the wheel-making division of Tros…

Amtel gains $70 million equity backing
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Tyre maker Amtel Holland Holdings NV added private equity capital totaling $…

EU car registrations climb in June
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Brussels--Car registrations in Europe grew stongly in June, compared to the same month a year ago. …

FIA clears 'Michelin seven'
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Paris--The FIA has cleared the seven Michelin-shod teams of any wrongdoing at the US Grand Prix at …

Lord expands MR fluid capacity
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Cary, North Carolina--Lord Corp. will expand production of its full complement of proprietary magne…

Michelin sells Indiana tyre cord plant to Hyosung
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Scottsburg, Indiana --Michelin North America Inc. and Hyosung America Inc., an affiliate of Hyosung…

Cellular Rubber buys assets of Roulunds Codan (Wales).
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Ystrad Mynach, Wales--Hampshire-based rubber manufacturer, Cellular Developments Limited (CDL), has…

Study reports on history, technology and markets for windshield wipers
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Dublin, Ireland --Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Market Review Of Automo…

TPMS market to be worth $1700 million
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Boston, Massachusetts--TPMS (tyre pressure monitoring systems) "will become the fastest growing aut…

Okamoto buys outstanding shares in Ichijiku
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Tokyo--Japanese rubber goods maker Okamoto Industries has announced a plan to buy the remaining sha…

Canadian company invests in mould-making plant Poland
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Tychy, Poland--A Canadian company, Micro Moules Inc. has won a tender to build a factory in the sou…

Ford deposition contradicts 6-year recommendation on tyre replacement, tyre pundits say
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Washington, DC--A Ford polymer scientist's deposition in a Texas court case partially contradicts F…

Rep adopts independent agent in UK
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Slough, UK--Olly Sanders, former general manager of Rep Machinery UK has set up a company called Re…

MonTech found guilty of falsifying ISO 17025 document
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Buchen, Germany--A second court has upheld the initial ruling that Hubert Bäuerlein, head of MonTe…

Akzo Nobel increases Organic Peroxide prices
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Amersfoort, Netherlands--Effective August 1st, 2004 or as contracts allow, Akzo Nobel Polymer Chem…