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Toyota recalls 22,000 vehicles for TPMS problems

Added: 8 Mar 2011

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Washington DC -- Toyota Motor North America Inc. is recalling approximately 2…

Spanish firm sells steel wheel business

Added: 8 Mar 2011

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Bilbao, Spain -- Spanish automotive companent supplier Cie Automotive S.A. has…

Conti raising U.S. truck tyre prices 10 percent on April 1

Added: 8 Mar 2011

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Fort Mill, South Carolina -- Continental Tire the Americas is raising prices i…

February truck sales jump in South Africa

Added: 7 Mar 2011

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Pretoria, South Africa -- The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers…

Kenda eyes additional capacity after selling Cooper JV stake

Added: 7 Mar 2011

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Columbus, Ohio -- Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd.'s decision to sell its 50-p…

NR prices ease in Tokyo

Added: 7 Mar 2011

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Tokyo -- Prices on internatinoal rubber exchanges eased significantly over the…

Fenner predicts strong increase in profitability

Added: 7 Mar 2011

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London -- Conveyor belt maker Fenner PLC has issued a pre-cloose statement. Th…

News from elsewhere on the web (07 March 2011)

Added: 7 Mar 2011

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Therban contributes to Klinger seals

Added: 7 Mar 2011

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Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess is promoting its Therban (HNBR) materials, sayi…

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…

Remember to register for free elastomer Webinar today

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…