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Bridgestone pushes retread systems
Added: 10 Nov 2005
Brussels -- Bridgestone Retread Systems s.a./n.v. (BSRS), a subsidiary of Brussels-based Bridgeston…
News from elsewhere on the web 10/11
Added: 10 Nov 2005
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ISP Elastomers taking new orders on some SBR grades after hurricanes
Added: 10 Nov 2005
Port Neches, Texas -- ISP Elastomers began taking normal orders Nov. 3 on nine grades of SBR, accor…
Asahi Rubber sets up O-ring, roller plant in Guangdong
Added: 9 Nov 2005
Tokyo -- Asahi Rubber Inc. has said it intends to create an industrial products unit in Guangdong, …
News from elsewhere on the web 09/11
Added: 9 Nov 2005
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Cooper reports losses in third quarter, nine months
Added: 9 Nov 2005
Findlay, Ohio -- Lower unit sales volume, high raw material costs and higher interest expense offse…
ICI India sells control of rubber chemicals unit to PMC
Added: 9 Nov 2005
Mumbai, India -- ICI India's board has recommended transfer of the Company's Rubber Chemicals Busin…
MTI Global buys control of Sterne, silicone goods maker in France
Added: 9 Nov 2005
Mississauga, Ontario -- MTI Global Inc.has announced that it has agreed to purchase 51% of Sterne …
Bridgestone gets closer to the customer with Model First Stop store
Added: 9 Nov 2005
Zaventem, Belgium -- Bridgestone Europe opened the first European First Stop Model Store†in Zav…
Carbon conference set for Aberdeen 16 - 21 July, 2006
Added: 9 Nov 2005
Aberdeen, Scotland -- The British Carbon Group, based at Robert Gordon University in Scotland, has …
Trelleborg acquires Dunlop GRG in the UK
Added: 8 Nov 2005
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Through its Trelleborg Engineered Systems business area, Trelleborg has acqui…
Double digit sales and earnings rise for filler maker Degussa
Added: 8 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Duesseldorf, Germany--Degussa AG, which earns some 19 percent of its sales f…
Chemtura lifts zinc stearate prices
Added: 8 Nov 2005
Middlebury, Connecticut -- Chemtura has made a brief announcement indicating a price rise of $0.04 …
Dunlop expands Direzza line to US sports tuners
Added: 8 Nov 2005
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has expanded its range of Dunlop-branded Direzza tyres, aimed at street rac…
News from elsewhere on the web 08/11
Added: 8 Nov 2005
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BFS to invest $42 million to expand Joliette car/LT tyre plant
Added: 8 Nov 2005
Joliette, Quebec -- Bridgestone/Firestone is investing $42.2 million through January 2007 to expand…
Cooper-Standard to close NVH plant in Arkansas
Added: 8 Nov 2005
Novi, Michigan --Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. plans to close its noise, vibration and harshness …
PennDOT uses 750,000 scrap tyres in bridge project
Added: 8 Nov 2005
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania -- Civil engineers working on the new, $3.7 million Tarrtown Road Br…
Carlisle sells businesses, reorganises remaining operations
Added: 8 Nov 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Carlisle Companies Inc. has said it intends to sell its Systems & Equi…
Faster in-car network could revive by-wire technologies
Added: 7 Nov 2005
By Ralph Kisiel, Automotive News
Munich, Germany -- Automakers are close to adopting a faster in-car…
