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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…
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…
