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Michelin reports growth in all tyre markets
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Paris - Michelin's third-quarter results show continued growth across all tyre markets and all regi…

Teknor Apex to buy Sarlink next Monday
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Duesseldorf, Germany -- Teknor Apex is to exchange contracts on the previously-announced acquisitio…

Kraiburg TPE introduces aroma to TPEs
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Duesseldorf, Germany -- Kraiburg TPE has introduced a range of TPE materials which contain aroma pa…

Lanxess to expand Levapren unit
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Duesseldorf, Germany -- Lanxess AG is to expand its capcity for Levapren ethylene vinyl acetate cop…

Trelleborg reports record Q3 earnings and margins
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg AB, the Swedish diversified rubber and allied products manufacturer…

Yokohama expands US tyre plant
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Fullerton, California - Increasing demand for its consumer and light truck tyres has prompted Yokoh…

Rival retread tyre group touted in US
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Tire Business staff report, a Crain publication
Pacific Grove, California - Following dismissal from…

API hiking prices up to 10% on 7 brands
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Tire Business staff report, a Crain publication
Valencia, California - American Pacific Industries I…

Myers Tire Supply launches tyre inflation programme
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Tire Business staff report, a Crain publication
Akron, Ohio - Myers Industries Inc.'s Myers Tire Sup…

Rapra and Smithers Rapra - an explanation
Added: 28 Oct 2010
Duesseldorf, Germany -- While Smithers Scientific acquired the assets of Rapra Technology Ltd in Ap…

Sibur to exit tyre business - eventually
Added: 28 Oct 2010
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Duesseldorf, Germany -- Sibur expects eventually to exit the tyre business …

Ford to spend additional $850 million, add 1200 jobs in Michigan
Added: 27 Oct 2010
Automotive News staff report, a Crain publication
October 25, 2010
DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor …

Honda recalls 528 000 vehicles in brake-seal action
Added: 27 Oct 2010
Automotive News staff report, a Crain publication
25 October 2010
Honda Motor Co. is recalling 528 00…

Ford reports record $1.7 billion Q3 profit
Added: 27 Oct 2010
Jamie LaReau, Automotive News, a Crain publication
26 Oct 2010
Ford Q3 press release
DETROIT -- Ford …

Continental in Chinese brake-systems joint venture
Added: 26 Oct 2010
Shanghai, China - Continental AG, the international automotive industry supplier, has established a…

News from elsewhere on the web (27 Oct 2010)
Added: 26 Oct 2010
Chinese electric car maker sees earnings plummet
BYD Co, a Chinese carmaker backed by US billionaire…

Hankook postpones tyre price hike
Added: 26 Oct 2010
Tire Business staff report, a Crain publication
Wayne, New Jersey -In a letter dated Oct. 19 to its …

Hankook Tire reports record sales in third quarter
Added: 26 Oct 2010
Seoul, Korea - Hankook Tire, claiming to be the seventh-largest and one of the fastest growing tyre…

Carlisle reports rise in sales for third quarter 2010
Added: 26 Oct 2010
Charlotte, North Carolina - Carlisle Companies Inc, a diversified global manufacturer with activite…

Customised tyre insurance for BMW and Mini owners
Added: 26 Oct 2010
Guildford, UK - The Allianz Retail arm of Allianz Insurance plc is to provide customised tyre insur…