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ExxonMobil opens plant to make new innerliner material

Added: 28 Aug 2008

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Houston, Texas (August 27, 2008) - ExxonMobil Chemical has commissioned a new…

EPA, BFS to begin lead wheel weight phaseout in US

Added: 28 Aug 2008

Detroit, Michigan -- Officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Bridgestone/Fireston…

Former Goodyear exec Gingo gets Veyance board seat

Added: 28 Aug 2008

Fairlawn, Ohio -- Former Goodyear executive Joseph Gingo, who now serves as chairman and CEO of A. …

Toyo breaks ground on Georgia tyre plant expansion

Added: 28 Aug 2008

White, Georgia -- Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc. has broken ground on a $270 million e…

CGS buys Rumaguma plant from GPX

Added: 27 Aug 2008

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Prague, Czech Republic -- The CGS Group of the Czech Republic has agreed to bu…

Yule Catto sees consolidation of latex sector

Added: 27 Aug 2008

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London -- Yule Catto, the speciality chemicals company, has reported increased…

NR prices creep upwards again

Added: 27 Aug 2008

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Tokyo -- Six-month futures prices on Tokyo's Tocom exchage closed at yen 318.6…

Company profile of Cooper Tire published

Added: 27 Aug 2008

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Dublin, Ireland -- just-auto has published a new report titled, Cooper Tire & …

US tyre market studied

Added: 27 Aug 2008

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Dublin, Ireland -- Mintel has published a new report titled, Tires in the Unit…

Global automotive tyre market studied

Added: 27 Aug 2008

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Dublin, Ireland -- Just-auto has published a new report titled, Global Market …

News from elsewhere on the web (27 August 2008)

Added: 27 Aug 2008

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

Schaeffler, unions sign agreement on jobs

Added: 26 Aug 2008

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Hanover, Germany -- The Schaeffler Group and the trade unions IG Metall and IG…

Conti picks Neumann as new chairman

Added: 26 Aug 2008

Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG's supervisory board has appointed Karl-Thomas Neumann, a member …

Intelligent Tire Technology meeting set for October

Added: 26 Aug 2008

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Wiesbaden, Germany -- The 4th Annual International Congress: Intelligent Tire …

News from elsewhere on the web (26 August 2008)

Added: 26 Aug 2008

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

Bridgestone begins making aircraft radials in Tokyo

Added: 26 Aug 2008

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Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has started making radial aircraft tyres at its Tok…

Pirelli Tyre buys minority stakes in Turkish subsidiaries

Added: 22 Aug 2008

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Milan, Italy - Pirelli Tyre has purchased the minority stakes of two of its T…

Schaeffler, Conti agree deal; Wennemer to quit

Added: 21 Aug 2008

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Hannover, Germany -- Continental AG and Schaeffler KG have agreed a compromise…

Olympic transport uses TPMS

Added: 21 Aug 2008

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Paris -- Lionax, the Chinese TPMS supplier said it has supplied TPMS safeguar…

NR rebounds over Yen 300 in Tokyo

Added: 21 Aug 2008

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Tokyo -- Prices of natural rubber on Tokyo's Tocom exchange closed at Yen 301.…