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Cooper Tire & Rubber Company reports Q2 results
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Findlay, Ohio, -- Cooper Tire & Rubber has reported a net loss of $7 million or 11 cents per share …

Carlisle Companies sells assets of automotive business
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Carlisle Companies Inc. has announced that the Company sold substantia…

Ansell takes financial blow from SPT write down, but says core business is strong
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Melbourne, Australia-Glove and condom maker Ansell took a non-cash write-dow…

Wacker family gains complete ownership of business
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Munich, Germany-The Wacker family gained 100-percent control in Wacker-Chemi…

Reiff Group invests in new production location for RET subsidiary
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Reutlingen, Germany-Reiff Group subsidiary RET, a maker of elastomer parts f…

UK's Environment Agency allows restart of tyre fuel trials at Rugby
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Rugby, UK-The UK's Environment Agency announced 15 Aug that it would allow C…

Thomas Liotta gets ASTM award for distinguished service
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania-Thomas Liotta's 35 years of service in commi…

Chinese firm buys US NVH manufacturer as part of globalisation strategy
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Beijing-Chinese automotive parts supplier Asimco Technologies Ltd has acquir…

Performance Fibers buys Acordis' Diolen polyester operations in the US
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Arnhem, Netherlands - Acordis' Diolen US polyester industrial yarn spinning operations in Scottsbor…

Sumitomo earnings, sales up in first half
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Kobe, Japan --Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.'s operating earnings grew 18.7 percent in the first h…

Dow Corning offers seminar on silanes in filled polymers
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Midland, Michigan -- Dow Corning Corp. is to offer a technical seminar about the use of silanes in …

Pirelli wins contract from German army
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Milan, Italy - Pirelli has placed the winning tender with the German Federal Ministry of Defence fo…

Alliance Q2 results show strong profit growth
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Hadera, Israel -- Israel-based Alliance Tire continues to present improvement in its financial resu…

Goodyear US announces Ad agency support
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has appointed the consulting firm of Jones Lundin Bea…

SEC tells Goodyear it will take action over restatement
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Akron, Ohio --The US Securities and Exchange Commission has notified Goodyear it will recommend civ…

NZ's Skellmax confirms acquisition of Ambic in the UK
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Auckland, New Zealand-Skellmax managing director Donald Stewart has confirme…

ContiTech sells sealing systems business to SaarGummi buyers
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hanover, Germany-ContiTech AG announced 14 Aug that it is to sell its automo…

Skellmax profits decline slightly in year to June
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Auckland, New Zealand--Skellmax Industries Limited has announced net earnings after tax of $NZ11.57…

Cooper-Standard has 'solid' quarter despite earnings drop
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Novi, Michigan )--Adjusted pretax earnings fell 20 percent for Cooper-Standard holdings Inc. in the…

Imerys to increase prices for kaolin, CaCO3 in North America
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Atlanta, Georgia--Imerys North American Performance Minerals has announced price increases across i…