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Trelleborg opens auto Tech centre in Shanghai
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Shanghai, China -- Trelleborg Automotive has inaugurated its new R&D center in…

Chinese tyre makers hold event to discuss EU tyre labels
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Yantai, China -- China's tyre industry is to hold a meeting to discuss the imp…

TSE Industries opens moulding shop in Changzhou
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Clearwater, Florida -- Florida-based TSE INdustries has opened a rubber mouldi…

News from elsewhere on the web (21 June 2011)
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Didier Miraton to quit Michelin board - report
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Paris -- Le Monde and local papers around Clermont-Ferrand are reporting that …

LeHigh claims 100 million tyres have been made with its post-consumer scrap
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Atlanta, Georgia -- Lehigh Technologies, a scrap tyre processor, said 100 mill…

Tigar reports sales up in 2010
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Pirot, Serbia -- President of Tigar AD Dragan Nikolic told shareholders that s…

Court throws out bid to take Goodyear runflat case to class action
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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New York -- A US Federal court has denied a claimant's bid to convert a lawsui…

EChA to work with Japanese authorities
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Helsinki, Finland -- Just a coupe of weeks fter announcing a cooperation with …

Cooper Tire will appeal OSHA citations at Tupelo plant
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Tupelo, Mississippi - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. said it will contest the Occupa…

Saab says production halted 2 more weeks as supplier talks continue
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Stockholm, Sweden -- Swedish carmaker Saab, owned by Netherlands-based Swedish…

Report: Kumho strike in China ends
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Shanghai, China -- More than 400 workers at Kumho Tire Co.'s plant in northeas…

NR prices remain stable in Tokyo
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract was unchanged, tr…

Michelin exhibits at Paris Air Show
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Paris -- The Paris Airshow this year features the Solar Impulse, a visionary p…

Goodyear to piggy-back on Cars2 Movie publicity
Added: 21 Jun 2011
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Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has given more details of it…

HiQ budgets £500k to educate UK consumers ahead of tyre labels
Added: 20 Jun 2011
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Birmingham, UK -- One of the largest chains of garages in the UK is pumping £…

News from elsewhere on the web (20 June 2011)
Added: 20 Jun 2011
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Ruling on styrene might spawn major woes for industry
Added: 20 Jun 2011
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Akron, Ohio -- A decision by the staff at a government agency on styrene may n…

Gevo begins retrofit of second isobutanol plant
Added: 20 Jun 2011
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Englewood, Colorado -- Gevo Inc, through a subsidiary has agreed a joint ventu…

Mitas to start hiring key workers for Iowa plant
Added: 20 Jun 2011
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Charles City, Iowa -- Czech farm tyre maker Mitas a.s. will start interviewing…