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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 …
Rapid prototyping material claims to offer rubber-like properties
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Rehovot, Israel -- Israeli company US company, Objet Geometries Ltd. has introduced a line of phot…
Indian Rayon announces 16 percent rise in sales for 2nd quarter
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India -- Indian Rayon, a major Aditya Birla Group Company, has reported a turn…
IAA press-day schedule angers automakers
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Pia Krix and Jens Meiners, Automotive News Europe
MUNICH - A dispute has broken out between some …
Barnes named Ansell chairman
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Sydney, Australia --Peter Barnes has been appointed chairman of protective glove and condom manufac…
Bridgestone to raise radial truck/bus tyre capacity in Thailand
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Tokyo-Bridgestone Corp. plans to invest about Â¥17 500 million (Euro 127 mil…
