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Conti makes personnel changes at corporate level

Added: 22 Sep 2008

Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG has moved three executives into different positions to “furthe…

UK tyre wholesaler appoints Karl Naylor as managing director

Added: 22 Sep 2008

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Runcorn, UK -- UK-based tyre wholesaler Grouptyre has appointed Karl Naylor as…

Freudenberg to close Barcelona pant

Added: 19 Sep 2008

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Barcelona, Spain -- Freudenberg is to close its brake components factory at Zo…

Conti buys Finnish tyre spike maker

Added: 19 Sep 2008

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Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG acquired all the assets of the Finnish spik…

Advanced ID buys Chinese RFID company

Added: 19 Sep 2008

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Advanced ID Corp. is to acquire Shenzhen, China-ba…

Sumitomo establishes Middle East sales company

Added: 19 Sep 2008

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Kobe, Japan -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. in Japan has established a tyr…

News from elsewhere on the web (19 Sept 2008)

Added: 19 Sep 2008

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Pre-register for REACH, only if you intend to register - ECHA

Added: 19 Sep 2008

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Helsinki, Finland -- ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency, has recommended that…

Bekaert expects steelcord prices to rise further

Added: 19 Sep 2008

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Kortrijk, Belgium -- Bekaert has announced that prices of steel cord products …

News from elsewhere on the web (18 Sept 2008)

Added: 18 Sep 2008

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Eliokem director wins Hancock medal 2008

Added: 18 Sep 2008

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Villejust/Paris -- Manu Patel has been awarded Hancock Medal 2008 for his outs…

Michelin to double aircraft tyre capacity, following 10-year aircraft tyre deal

Added: 18 Sep 2008

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Paris -- Michelin is to double manufacturing capacity for large radial aircraf…

Lanxess to launch Russian sales, distribution arm

Added: 18 Sep 2008

Cologne, Germany -- Lanxess AG plans to build its presence in Russia by implementing a company ther…

Bridgestone to launch Ecopia fuel-efficient tyres worldwide

Added: 18 Sep 2008

Akron, Ohio -- Bridgestone Corp. plans to launch its its Ecopia line of fuel-efficient tyres in Nor…

Consumer Reports to provide more tyre information for US consumers

Added: 18 Sep 2008

Akron, Ohio -- The US-Based Consumer Reports (CR) magazine is stepping up efforts to provide its re…

REACH SIN (substitute it now) published

Added: 18 Sep 2008

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Brussels -- Chemical lobbying group Chemsec has, in cooperation with many oth…

Anvis to open AVS unit in Togliatti, Russia

Added: 17 Sep 2008

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Bad Soden-Salmünster - The Anvis Group -- the former Woco-Michelin AVS joint …

Goodyear to co-develop renewable isoprene with Genencor

Added: 17 Sep 2008

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Copenhagen --Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, and The Goodyear Tire & Rubb…

News from elsewhere on the web (17/Sept/2008)

Added: 17 Sep 2008

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Dunlop Latex Foam shuts with 155 job losses

Added: 17 Sep 2008

UK-based Dunlop Latex Foam is to be wound down by administrators who said certain assets would be b…