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USW extends master contracts with Goodyear, Michelin

Added: 16 Jul 2009

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Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - The United Steelworkers (USW) union and two tyre mak…

US Environmental groups petition EPA for lead wheel weight ban

Added: 16 Jul 2009

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Washington DC - July 30 is the deadline for interested parties to submit comme…

OKI announces highly flexible, flame retardant cables

Added: 16 Jul 2009

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Kanagawa, Japan -- OKI electric has announced a series of cables designed for …

Researchers look at non-tyre market in US

Added: 16 Jul 2009

Dublin, Ireland -- Supplier Relations US has published a new report titled, Other Rubber Product Ma…

Researchers study US retread market

Added: 16 Jul 2009

Dublin, Ireland -- Supplier Relations US has published a new report titled, Tire Retreading Industr…

European passenger car registrations turned positive in June

Added: 15 Jul 2009

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Brussels -- The market for new passenger cars in Europe grew by 2.4 percent in…

Stuart Cook to take over from Andrew Tinker at TARRC

Added: 15 Jul 2009

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Brickendonbury, UK -- Dr Stuart Cook has been appointed Director of Research a…

Tirex air-cooling technology to be used in Malaysian granulation plant

Added: 15 Jul 2009

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Westport, Connecticut -- An Italian licensee of Tirex Corp. is to supply a cry…

Lanxess uses e-systems to link suppliers

Added: 15 Jul 2009

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Exton Pennsylvania -- Lanxess AG says it has streamlined its infrastructure a…

News from elsewhere on the web (15 July 2009)

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

Bridgestone Americas lays off 91 at OTR plant

Added: 15 Jul 2009

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Bloomington, Illinois - Bridgestone Americas laid off 91 workers at its Blo…

ITC issues public version of report to Obama on Chinese tyre imports

Added: 15 Jul 2009

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Washington - Members of the US-based International Trade Commission agree t…

DuPont's Kevlar technology used in Goodyear concept tyre

Added: 15 Jul 2009

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Wilmington, Delaware - Scientists from DuPont have been applying high-strength…

Obama says lost auto jobs are gone

Added: 15 Jul 2009

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Washington DC -- President Barack Obama took a dose of reality to Michigan tod…

Former GM CEO Wagoner retires with $8.6 million package

Added: 15 Jul 2009

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Detroit, Michigan (Reuters) -- Former General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, ousted …

Dow increases SBR, BR prices

Added: 14 Jul 2009

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Horgen, Switzerland - Dow Europe GmbH is increasing its prices for all synthet…

Arizona Chemical to sell TDAE oils from Orgkhim

Added: 14 Jul 2009

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Almere, the Netherlands - Arizona Chemical has agreed to sell Orgkhim's Norma…

California drops proposed tyre aging bill

Added: 14 Jul 2009

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Sacramento, California -- A California Senate committee has pulled a propose…

Researchers study Indian synthetic latex markets

Added: 14 Jul 2009

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Little Falls New Jersey -- Kline Group has published a new report titled, Synt…

Alabama completes tyre pile cleanup after three years

Added: 14 Jul 2009

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Attalla, Alabama -- After three years of work, the largest scrap tyre dump i…