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Michelin wins $92 million contract from US department of Defense
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Washington DC--Michelin Aircraft Tire Corp., Greenville, South Carolina is being awarded $92,884,32…
Iranian auto industry growing fast
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Dublin--Research and Markets has announced the addition of Automotive Industry & Market of Iran 200…
Goodyear, Titan extend farm tyre sale deadline
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Akron, Ohio --Goodyear and Titan International Inc. have changed the deadline of their agreement fo…
Toyota tops German J.D. Power study
Added: 14 Nov 2005
MUNICH - Toyota ranked No. 1 in overall customer satisfaction in Germany in a study by J.D. Power a…
Carmakers are dropping 250kph speed limiters
Added: 14 Nov 2005
London--Premium automakers are quietly abandoning their informal agreement that limits the top spee…
Attorney again sues BFS over Firestone Steeltex tires
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Los Angeles, California--A California attorney, who twice has failed to get a state court to order …
Vystar corp to announce
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Atlanta, Georgia -- Atlanta-based Vystar Corp. will introduce a natural rubber latex named Vytex to…
FIA selects Yokohama over Michelin for WTCC series
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Paris--The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) has selected Yokohama Rubber Co to provi…
Pensions liabilities force Plymouth Rubber into Chapter 11 reorganisation
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Canton, Massachusetts -- Plymouth Rubber Company, Inc. has announced that it has voluntarily filed …
US demand for fluoroelastomers to grow 5 percent annually
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Cleveland, Ohio -- US demand for fluoroelastomers is expected to grow to a value of $460 million by…
Rubber futures hit nine-year high
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Tokyo (Reuters) - Tokyo rubber futures extended a rally on Wednesday to their highest level in nine…
Dow claims leadership in speciality elastomer sector
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Midland, Michigan -- The Dow Chemical Company has reaffirmed its commitment to leadership in the sp…
EC clears Goldman Sachs' acquisition of Pirelli's cable business
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Brussels -- The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquis…
ACI finalises Green Machine buy, sets out plans for Bahrain project
Added: 14 Nov 2005
London -- ACI Global Corporation (previously Par Advance Technologies, Inc.) has announced it has c…
Goodyear to make runflats in Dalian, China
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Shanghai, China--The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has announced that it aims to become the first …
EC clears Conti's acquisition of Xtraprint
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Brussels-- The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisi…
Tokyo University makes rubber with reversible crosslinks
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Tokyo--Toshikazu Takata at the Tokyo Institute of Technology has developed an experimental elastome…
Jörg Sost Joins Management Board of Freudenber
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Weinheim, Germany--Jörg Sost has joined the Management Board of Freudenberg & Co. as a general par…
DuPont Performance Elastomers breaks from DDE
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Wilmington, Delaware-DuPont Dow Elastomers, the joint venture between DuPont and The Dow Chemical C…
Chemtura opens for business, announces logo
Added: 14 Nov 2005
July 1 is Day One in the life of Chemtura, which claims to be the world's largest plastics additiv…
