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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…
Butadiene supplier back on stream after Rita
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Houston, Texas -- Texas Petrochemicals LP, a Houston-based petrochemical company specialising in C4…
ERJ website opens “Recruitment Zone†for rubber professionals
Added: 3 Nov 2005
London -- European Rubber Journal has opened a 'recruitment zone' on its website. The aim of the ar…
Imerys to impose energy surcharges on kaolin, CaCO3
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Atlanta, Georgia -- Imerys North American Performance Minerals and Ceramics has announced that sign…
Cabot standardises data recovery software
Added: 3 Nov 2005
San Francisco, California -- Cabot Corp. has standardised on Acronis
True Image Server 8.0 for Windo…
Albemarle to raise chemical prices
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- Albemarle Corp. will increase the price of several chemical types by 5 to…
Michelin named a “Best employer†for over-50s
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Greenville, South Carolina -- Tyre maker Michelin North America Inc. is one of 50 "Best Employers f…
TPE business becoming global; growing in Asia, says report
Added: 3 Nov 2005
London -- European suppliers of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) are growing steadily in many of the…
SmarTire wins ISO/TS 16949:2002 accreditation
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Richmond, Canada -- SmarTire Systems Inc. has announced that it has achieved registration to ISO/T…
ASV to supply Vermeer with rubber tracks as original equipment
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Grand Rapids, Minnesota -- ASV Inc has signed an agreement with Vermeer Manufacturing Company which…
2 - 8 Oct is National Latex Allergy Awareness week in the US
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Slinger, Wisconsin -- The American Latex Allergy Association (ALERT) has named next week as nationa…
AIAG explores use of RFID in seminar, 3 Nov
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Detroit, Michigan -- the US-based Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) has announced plans for a…
Gates Corp spends $3 million on network services
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Denver, Colorado -- Gates Corp. has awarded AT&T a $3 million contract for networking services in t…
Conti adds detail to Malaysian expansion
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Kuala Lumpur -- Continental-Sime Tyre Sdn Bhd has confirmed its plans to expand two factories in Ma…
Bridgestone partially confirms plan to expand in India
Added: 3 Nov 2005
New Delhi, India -- last week, Sify finance carried a report suggesting that Bridgestone Corp is pl…
