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Trelleborg wins €10 million order for deep water oil hose systems
Added: 25 Oct 2005
Trelleborg, Sweden -- The Trelleborg Group has secured its first major order for a newly-developed …
Trelleborg makes US acquisition in aerospace seals
Added: 25 Oct 2005
Stuttgart, Germany -- Trelleborg has signed an agreement to acquire the operations of Chase-Walton …
Michelin's Q3 results ahead of forecasts; OTR tyres still in shortage
Added: 25 Oct 2005
Paris -- Michelin reported third quarter sales of Euro 3890 million, up 4.5 percent from the same p…
Michelin adds photovoltaic generator in Bamberg
Added: 25 Oct 2005
Bamberg, Germany -- On October 7, the Bavarian Minister for the Environment, Werner Schnappauf, ina…
Nizhnekamskshina adds silica tread technology
Added: 25 Oct 2005
Nottingham, UK -- Chronos Richardson has won an order worth around Euro 3 million to set up silica-…
NHTSA looks into run-flat wear complaints
Added: 25 Oct 2005
Washington, DC -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is looking into compla…
Tecnoplan files for court protection under German bankruptcy laws
Added: 25 Oct 2005
Hanau, Germany -- Tecnoplan GmbH, formally the Dunloplan Manufacturing Plant in Hanau Germany, has …
Author seeks memories of UK latex industry
Added: 24 Oct 2005
London -- UK author, Richard Scott is seeking people who remember the UK latex industry. He writes,…
Conti finds that Romanian graduates are more motivated than German ones
Added: 24 Oct 2005
Bucharest, Romania -- Romanian university graduates are self-motivated and optimistic about the fu…
Yokohama develops intelligent tyre sensor system
Added: 24 Oct 2005
Tokyo -- Yokohama Rubber has developed a tyre monitoring system that uses a sensor mounted directly…
Toyo Tire & Rubber begins prototype tyre production at Georgia plant
Added: 24 Oct 2005
Cartersville, Georgia -- Toyo Tire & Rubber has launched prototype tyre production at Toyo Tire Nor…
Malaysia MARC Rates Top Glove MARC-1ID
Added: 24 Oct 2005
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysian Rating Corp (MARC) has assigned short- and long-term ratings of MARC-1ID …
News from elsewhere on the web 24/10
Added: 24 Oct 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Sumitomo introduces tyre using less petroleum-based materials
Added: 24 Oct 2005
Tokyo --Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. has developed an environmentally friendly tyre it claims cu…
West Pharmaceutical posts sales, earnings gains in third quarter
Added: 24 Oct 2005
Lionville, Pennysylvania -- Medical components manufacturer West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. repo…
Conti, USW begin labour talks for Charlotte plant workers
Added: 24 Oct 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Continental Tire North America Inc. has begun negotiations with the Un…
Michelin claims to re-invent truck tyre, invests € 400 million
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Ladoux, France -- Michelin claims that it has re-written the rule book on truck tyres. In the short…
Goodyear invests in India
Added: 21 Oct 2005
New Delhi, India -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has announced that it will invest US$ 18 mil…
News from elsewhere on the web 21/10
Added: 21 Oct 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Goodyear names Pierre Jambon as general manager, global aviation tyres
Added: 21 Oct 2005
AKRON, Ohio, October 20, 2005 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has namd Pierre Jambon as gener…
