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Avon Motorcycles mark 100 years
Added: 7 Mar 2011
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Melksham, UK -- US-owned Avon Tyres will be celebrating 100 years of manufactu…

Fraunhofer models self-healing elastomer on Hevea tree
Added: 4 Mar 2011
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Oberhausen, Germany -- Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environment…

Spider nests in rubber fuel hoses force recall of Mazda cars
Added: 4 Mar 2011
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Washington DC -- Mavda Cars has voluntarily recalled about 52 000 Mazda6 cars …

NR prices may be on the rise once more
Added: 4 Mar 2011
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Tokyo -- After a brief respite, NR prices may be on the rise once more. Over t…

Freudenberg puts the seals into Geneva car launches
Added: 4 Mar 2011
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Geneva, Switzerland -- Freudenberg Seals are helping numerous new models at th…

News from elsewhere on the web (04 March 2011)
Added: 4 Mar 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

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Added: 4 Mar 2011
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London - A free web-seminar on generating power from elastomers takes place to…

CTI completes balloon production line in Mexico
Added: 4 Mar 2011
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Barrington Illinois -- CTI Industries Corp., a manufacturer and marketer of pa…

Titan extends range of Optitrac farm tyres
Added: 4 Mar 2011
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Quincy, Illinois --Titan Goodyear Farm Tires, a Titan Tire Corporation brand, …

DuPont, Evonik sign agreement on 2k moulding with Viton, Vamac
Added: 3 Mar 2011
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Geneva,Switzerland -- E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc., and Evonik De…

Cooper buying 100% control of Cooper-Kenda venture
Added: 3 Mar 2011
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Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has agreed to buy the 50-percent sta…

Register now for tomorrow's free web-seminar on generating power from elastomers
Added: 3 Mar 2011
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London - A free web-seminar on generating power from elastomers takes place to…

NR production to rise in Q1
Added: 3 Mar 2011
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Kuala Lumpur -- Total production of NR from the ANRPC members, accounting 92% …

MIRA to invest euro 350m in new facilities
Added: 3 Mar 2011
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MIRA, the international vehicle engineering and test business headquartered in…

Pirelli to take car tyre website global
Added: 3 Mar 2011
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Cyberspace -- Pirelli has re-vamped its car tyre website to offer a new tool t…

TyrExpo India to focus on Technology
Added: 3 Mar 2011
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Chennai, India -- The increasing technical sophistication of the Indian tyre m…

Conti sets new records for sales, profit
Added: 3 Mar 2011
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Hannover, Germany -- Continental has reported record results for the 12 months…

Semperit results show record earnings and sales
Added: 3 Mar 2011
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Vienna -- The Semperit Group achieved a new revenue and earnings record in 201…

ADAC reports results of summer tyre tests
Added: 3 Mar 2011
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Munich, Germany -- The motoring clubs of Germany, Austria and Switzerland have…

Henniges Automotive to close Canadian plant
Added: 3 Mar 2011
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Farmington Hills, Michigan -- Henniges Automotive said it will close its Wel…