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CLEPA tells EU auto industry to smarten up
Added: 3 Nov 2005
By Bradford Wernle, Automotive News Europe
The European auto industry must get smarter if it's going…
Michelin helps reinvent the table-tennis bat
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Paris -- Michelin rubber engineers have been working with Cornilleau SA, France's premier supplier …
Continental-Sime adds tyre capacity in Malaysia
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Kuala Lumpur -- Continental-Sime Tyre Sdn Bhd is reportedly expanding capacity at its two tyre fact…
Goodyear plans to close plants, restructure
Added: 3 Nov 2005
New York--Goodyear unveiled on Friday a plan that includes the closure of plants and addresses in o…
Chemtura raises prices on flame retardants, bromine
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Middlebbury, Connecticut -- Chemtura Corp. is raising prices globally by 70 cents per kilogram on i…
Firestone EPDM roofing plant receives health and safety award
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Kingstree, South Carolina -- Firestone Building Products Co.'s Kingstree manufacturing plant -- whi…
Nokian signs construction deal for new mixing room at Russian plant
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Vsevolozhsk, Russia -- Nokian Tyres plc has signed a contract with YIT Construction Ltd. concerning…
Bekaert to reduce output of Lanklaar plant, as demand moves east
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Kortrijk, Belgium -- Bekaert SA, the Belgian wire producer, has begun negotiations with employees t…
Global rubber/latex summit planned in Thailand
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Akron. Ohio--Rubber Pro Co. Ltd. is organising a rubber/latex global summit in Bangkok, Thailand, D…
Ex-Bayer exec Petersen to serve four months in price-fixing case
Added: 3 Nov 2005
San Francisco--Former Bayer Corp. executive Martin Petersen has been sentenced to four months in pr…
NHTSA issues changes to TPMS rule
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Washington, DC -- Interested parties have until Oct. 24 to petition for reconsideration of the Nati…
Lanxess evacuates Texas rubber facility as Hurricane Rita nears
Added: 3 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Orange, Texas-Employees at Lanxess Corp.'s Orange facility, which makes poly…
A1 Grand Prix series runs on Cooper tyres
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Brands Hatch, UK -- This weekend's inaugural race in the new A1 series of Grands Prix also marks th…
American Gasket & Rubber admits accounting errors
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Copell, Texas -- Tekni-Plex, Inc. has said that it has become aware of certain accounting errors at…
Indianapolis to host F1 Grand Prix in 2006 on July 4 weekend
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Indianapolis, Indiana -- The United States Grand Prix has been scheduled for Sunday, July 2, 2006 a…
Nokian officially opens Russian plant
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Vsevolozhsk, Russia --Nokian Tyres is today marking the official opening of its tyre plant in Vsevo…
Ebay auctioneer sells tyre marked with â€face of Jesus“
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Painesville, Ohio -- A cart racing fan is auctioning a Bridgestone tyre marked with dried mud which…
Finnish company sets up auto components plant in Russia
Added: 3 Nov 2005
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Aura, Finland -- Finnish rubber processor, Reka Rubber is planning to set u…
Union to monitor Goodyear's proposed sale of Engineered Products
Added: 3 Nov 2005
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- The United Steelworkers of America has said it …
Goodyear explores sale of Engineered Products business
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Akron, Ohio --Goodyear is looking into the possible sale of the company's Engineered Products busin…
