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Belshina seeks investors for all-steel OTR tyre plant
Added: 19 Oct 2005
Bobruisk, Belarus -- Belshina has launched a Euro 50 million proposal to develop an existing bias-p…

Amerityre posts loss of $10 million on revenues of $1.7 million
Added: 19 Oct 2005
Boulder City, Nevada -- Polyurethane tyre developer Amerityre Corp. posted a net loss of $10 millio…

Cooper lowers earnings expectation
Added: 19 Oct 2005
Findlay, Ohio --Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has withdrawn its prediction about its third-quarter profi…

Dana to market SmarTire systems for trucks
Added: 19 Oct 2005
Richmond, Canada -- SmarTire Systems Inc. has signed a contract with Dana's Commercial Vehicle Syst…

Chemtura announces quarterly dividend
Added: 19 Oct 2005
Middlebury, Connecticut -- The Board of Directors of Chemtura Corp. has declared a regular quarterl…

Worker dies in accident at Freudenberg UK seals factory
Added: 19 Oct 2005
North Shields, UK -- A worker has died in an industrial accident at Freudenberg Technical Products …

Bridgestone seeks global No 1 position with huge CapEx programme
Added: 19 Oct 2005
Tokyo -- Bridgestone has written a new management plan for the period 2006 - 2008. The plan calls f…

Fenner appoints ex Vita boss David Campbell to board
Added: 19 Oct 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hull, UK-Belting and seals group Fenner plc has added David Campbell to its …

Akzo Nobel expands capacity for polysulphide for sealants in China
Added: 19 Oct 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Arnhem, the Netherlands-Akzo Nobel is expanding its polysulphide and paper c…

Small increase in EU car registrations in September
Added: 19 Oct 2005
Total European passenger car registrations in September 2005 amounted to 1,439,004 units, an increa…

News from elsewhere on the web 18/10
Added: 18 Oct 2005
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Added: 17 Oct 2005
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Pirelli officially opens Chinese truck tyre factory
Added: 12 Oct 2005
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Shandong Province, China-- Pirelli has officially inaugurated its truck tyr…

News from elsewhere on the web 12/10
Added: 12 Oct 2005
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Polimeri Europa closes French polychloroprene factory
Added: 11 Oct 2005
Champagnier, France -- Polimeri Europa. owners of the polychloroprene factory in Champagnier, Franc…

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Added: 7 Oct 2005
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Added: 6 Oct 2005
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Added: 5 Oct 2005
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Added: 4 Oct 2005
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ERJ seeks information from rubber compounders
Added: 4 Oct 2005
London -- European Rubber Journal is planning a feature on Europe's rubber compounders. We have pre…