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Goodyear gains first OE fitment for Assurance tyres
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Akron, Ohio --Goodyear's Assurance premium passenger tyre featuring ComforTred technology has snagg…
Lion completes purchase of DSM Copolymer
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Baton Rouge, Louisiana --Lion Chemical Capital LLC has closed on the sale of DSM Copolymer Inc.s SB…
Rhein Chemie centralises US operation in Ohio with state aid
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Chardon, Ohio-Rhein Chemie Corp. announced 1 Nov that it will increase its investment in Chardon an…
Carlisle declares quarterly dividend
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina --T he Board of Directors of Carlisle Companies Inc. has declared a regul…
Ulrich Weiss steps down from Conti supervisory board
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Hanover, Germany -- Dr. Ulrich Weiss (69) is stepping down from the Supervisory Board of Continenta…
Cabot says David Elliott, Corporate Controller, has resigned
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Boston, Massachussetts -- Cabot Corp. has said its corporate controller, David Elliott has resigne…
Showa Denko lifts CR prices
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Tokyo -- Showa Denko K.K. will raise the price of polychloroprene synthetic rubber by US$300 per to…
Michelin inaugurates Hungarian car tyre unit
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Nyiregyhaza, Hungary -- Michelin has officially opened its latest car tyre manufacturing facility. …
Federal-Mogul agrees deal in UK bankruptcy proceedings
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Southfield, Michigan -- Federal-Mogul Corp. has reached an agreement with the United Kingdom Admini…
BFS non-tyre unit to raise prices from 1 October
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Indianapolis -- Firestone Industrial Products Co. increased prices by up to 7 percent on all its pr…
ASV inks five-year supply agreement with Caterpillar
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Grand Rapids, Minnesota -- ASV Inc. has signed a five-year agreement effective 1 Nov. with construc…
Wacker opens silicone elastomers lab in China
Added: 3 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Shanghai, China-Wacker started up a laboratory for silicone elastomers in it…
Cabot 's data centre uses Acronis -- Update
Added: 3 Nov 2005
San Francisco, California -- Acronis Inc. has revised its statement about Cabot Corp's use of its d…
Two Cooper tyre plants slowed by after-effects of Rita
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company announced today that two of its tyre manufacturing fa…
Balkrishna investing Euro 56 million to expand factories
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Mumbai, India -- Balkrishna Industries is investing Rs3000 million (Euro 56 million) to almost doub…
Nokian buys two tyre wholesale companies in the US
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Nokia, Finland -- Nokian Tyres has purchased University Wholesalers Inc and University Wholesalers …
Omnova Solutions raises $83,000 for Katrina relief
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Fairlawn, Ohio -- Employees of Omnova Solutions Inc. raised $41 500 company-wide to support the Ame…
EFTA car registrations fell sharply in year to August, as EU remains stable
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Brussels -- Registrations of passenger cars declined slightly in the year to August, despite a shar…
EU truck registrations rise sharply in July, August
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Brussels -- Registrations of heavy trucks grew by 11.8 percent in August and 5.5 percent in July,. …
Cooper Tire creates VP global supply chain
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has appointed Richard Williams to the newly created p…
