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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…

Hankook to supply 2006 Saturn Ion from General Motors

Added: 14 Nov 2005

Wayne, New Jersey -- Hankook Tire CEO Choong-hwan Cho has said that the Company signed a contract …

Supplier chief: Anticipate buyers' needs

Added: 14 Nov 2005

By Robert Sherefkin, Automotive News

Traverse City, Michigan - Auto parts makers can weather the sto…

China to restrict manufacture of cross-ply tyres -- report

Added: 14 Nov 2005

Beijing -- China is planning to change its rules on investment in the tyre industry. According to a…

Toyo Tire sees improved sales, earnings

Added: 14 Nov 2005

Osaka, Japan --Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. is forecasting improved earnings and sales for its fisca…

Steelworkers´ Executive VP Sellers announces retirement

Added: 14 Nov 2005

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania--John Sellers, executive vice president of the USW Rubber/Plastics Industr…

New profile of Bridgestone Corp. available

Added: 14 Nov 2005

Dublin, Ireland -- Research and Markets, the information broker is selling a profile of Bridgestone…

Worker dies at Nokian retreading plant in Finland

Added: 14 Nov 2005

By Liz White, ERJ staff

Nokia, Finland-A worker was killed in an accident at Nokian Tyres' new retre…

'Very turbulent situation' in rubber-customers losing money, says Hexagon ceo

Added: 14 Nov 2005

By Liz White, ERJ staff

Stockholm-In its major polymers business, Swedish engineering group Hexagon …

Helvoet opens new support office in Detroit

Added: 14 Nov 2005

By Liz White, ERJ staff

Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands-Helvoet Rubber & Plastic Technologies opened…

Ick, Monn indicted by US Federal Grand Jury on price-fixing charges

Added: 14 Nov 2005

Washington DC -- Former Bayer employees, Jürgen Ick and Günter Monn, have been indictedby a US fe…

Danish company develops low-odour tyre recyclate

Added: 14 Nov 2005

Broendby, Denmark -- Danish company Nanon A/S claims to have developed a process that produces rubb…

Berstorff integrates KMB Seide into film & sheet division

Added: 14 Nov 2005

Hannover, Germany -- Berstorff GmbH of Hannover, Germany, has formally merged its subsidiary, KMB S…

Goodyear puts advertising and media under review

Added: 14 Nov 2005

New York (AdAge.com) -- Just over one year since Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. consolidated advertisin…

Yokohama sales up, but operating income down on higher costs

Added: 14 Nov 2005

Tokyo --Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. suffered a 14.7-percent drop in operating income in the first quar…

BASF to increase SBR latex prices in US

Added: 14 Nov 2005

Charlotte, North Carolina-BASF Corp. is to raise prices in the US and Canada for all grades of its …