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Goodyear reports record sales in Q1
Added: 5 May 2005
Akron, Ohio--Goodyear has said its first-quarter sales were the highest ever, at $4800 million, whi…
Conti pleased with progress in Czech Republic
Added: 5 May 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Otrokovice, Czech Republic-Continental AG says the EU's eastward growth has …
Slovakia announces new Hankook tyre factory
Added: 5 May 2005
Hankook has apparently confirmed that it will build a tyre plant in Slovakia, near Levice, about 14…
ZG Boge Elastmetall sets up Chinese JV
Added: 4 May 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Friedrichshafen, Germany-ZF Boge Elastmetall, the rubber-metal technology di…
Leggett & Platt buys Foamex's carpet cushion business
Added: 4 May 2005
LINWOOD, Pa. (April 29)--Foamex International Inc. has sold its rubber and felt carpet cushion busi…
Cooper declares quarterly dividend
Added: 4 May 2005
Findlay, Ohio - Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has announced a quarterly dividend of 10.5 cents per s…
TPV conference set for 25,26 May in Brussels
Added: 4 May 2005
London--A conference titled TPVs 2005 will be held on 25, 26 may in the Marriott Hotel. Brussels. S…
Magnifoam to webcast AGM on 11 May
Added: 4 May 2005
Toronto, Ontario--Magnifoam Technology International Inc. has announced its intention to webcast it…
Kline reports on synthetic latex polymers
Added: 4 May 2005
Little Falls, new Jersey--A recently published study from Kline & Company examines the manufacturin…
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Added: 4 May 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Conti announces higher earnings, sales for Q1
Added: 4 May 2005
Hannover, Germany--Continental AG says it "remains on course for success, having boosted its sales …
Syndial--a.k.a. Enichem--to plead guilty in chloroprene price-fixing case
Added: 4 May 2005
WASHINGTON (May 2)--Syndial S.p.A., the former Enichem S.p.A., has agreed to plead guilty and pay a…
Mercedes plays 'hardball' with suppliers
Added: 3 May 2005
By Klaus-Dieter Flörecke and Harald Hamprecht, AutomobileWoche
STUTTGART -- Mercedes-Benz has incre…
European group studies tires with traction sensors
Added: 3 May 2005
By Lindsay Chappell, Automotive News Europe / May 02, 2005
DETROIT -- A European industry consortium…
Trelleborg to buy Australian rubber sheet maker Armwest
Added: 3 May 2005
TRELLEBORG, Sweden (April 28)--Trelleborg A.B. has agreed to buy Armwest Pty. Ltd., a Perth, Austra…
Herman Hochschwender dies at age 85
Added: 3 May 2005
NAPLES, Florida -- Herman K. Hochschwender, 85, chairman and former CEO of Smithers Scientific Serv…
Yulex forms Scientific Advisory Board
Added: 3 May 2005
CARLSBAD, Calif. (May 2)--Yulex Corp. has formed a Scientific Advisory Board of latex allergy exper…
News from elsewhere on the web
Added: 3 May 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
EuroParliament committee agrees to extend PAH deadline to 2010
Added: 27 Apr 2005
Brussels--The European Parliament environment committee voted last Wednesday (20 April) to extend t…
Bridgestone confirms fourth Chinese tyre plant
Added: 27 Apr 2005
Tokyo--Bridgestone Corp. has announced plans to build a fourth tyre plant in China. The new plant w…
