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EU car registrations climb 2 percent in 2004
Added: 14 Jan 2005
Brussels--EU and EFTA registrations of cars grew during 2004. Total registrations of the 15 EU coun…
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Added: 14 Jan 2005
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EU truck registrations climb 7.6 percent in 11 months
Added: 13 Jan 2005
Brussels--Heavy truck registrations in Europe are increasing. Registrations in the 15 EU nations in…
Dow Corning, Wacker agree to set up fumed silica plant in China
Added: 13 Jan 2005
Midland, Michigan--Wacker-Chemie GmbH and Dow Corning Corp., have finalised the master agreement fo…
Bridgestone announces non-tyre factory for Poland
Added: 13 Jan 2005
Brussels--Bridgestone Corp has announced plans to build a plant in Poland to produce rubber tracks …
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Added: 13 Jan 2005
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Michelin stops Shanghai tyre plant -- update
Added: 13 Jan 2005
Hong Kong--Michelin has said it is in the process of re-opening its joint venture factory, Shangha…
Goodyear Aviation wins 5-year Ryanair contract
Added: 13 Jan 2005
Tilburg, Netherlands--Goodyear's Aviation tyre division has won a
five-year contract to supply tyres…
Zeon to pay $10.5 million fine in NBR price-fixing plea
Added: 13 Jan 2005
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 12) -- Zeon Chemicals L.P. has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $10.5 mil…
Crompton Corp expects to settle civil antitrust suits with $97 million
Added: 13 Jan 2005
Middlebury, Connecticut--Crompton Corp. has announced that it expects to settle direct purchaser cl…
Pirelli factory in Carlisle, UK back on stream
Added: 12 Jan 2005
Carlisle UK--Pirelli UK's tyre factory is back on stream after it lost power during severe weather …
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Added: 12 Jan 2005
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Flexsys contributes $25k to tsunami relief
Added: 12 Jan 2005
Brussels--Flexsys NV has announced it is contributing $25,000 US to assist in the recovery measures…
USWA, PACE unions to merge
Added: 12 Jan 2005
Nashville, Tennessee--Two of the nation's largest industrial unions are merging, banking that their…
Sri Lankan tyre company owner sets up appeal
Added: 11 Jan 2005
Sri Lanka--Pierre Pringiers, a Belgian national who is joint owner of the Sri Lankan solid tyre com…
Goodyear, Siemens claim most advanced tyre information system
Added: 11 Jan 2005
Detroit--Goodyear and Siemens VDO Automotive have developed a tyre information system dubbed "Tire …
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Added: 11 Jan 2005
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Company launches highly elastic, conducting material
Added: 11 Jan 2005
Blacksburg, Virginia--A US company called Nanosonic Inc. has developed a material called Metal Rubb…
Michelin execs see 'Tweel' replacing pneumatic tyres
Added: 11 Jan 2005
DETROIT (Jan 10)--Michelin North America Inc. executives are touting the firm's "Tweel" non-pneumat…
Cooper Tire to buy 11 percent stake in Kumho Tire
Added: 10 Jan 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Findlay, Ohio-US tyre maker Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is to acquire some 11 p…
