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Cabot, Bluestar plan joint venture in fumed silica
Added: 20 May 2008
Boston, Massachusetts -- Cabot (China) Ltd., a subsidiary of Cabot Corp., has signed a joint ventur…
India's Pidilite Industries to enter CR field, joins IISRP
Added: 20 May 2008
Houston, Texas -- Pidilite Industries Ltd., India's newest synthetic rubber producer, has joined th…
Smithers merges Rapra with US operations
Added: 20 May 2008
Akron, Ohio -- Testing, research and consulting firm Smithers Group has consolidated three division…
Goodyear names director of investor relations
Added: 20 May 2008
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has hired Patrick Stobb as director of investor relations, replacing Greg D…
Kumho to double R&D staff by 2015
Added: 20 May 2008
EOUL, South Korea (May 19, 2008) - Kumho Tire Co. Ltd. broke ground May 15 on a $67.4 million resea…
Bridgestone, Toyo to develop business ties
Added: 19 May 2008
Tokyo, Japan -- Bridgestone Corp. and Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. have entered into a business and…
Firestone to open air spring factory in Costa Rica
Added: 19 May 2008
Indianapolis -- Firestone Industrial Products Co. LLC will open a new air spring production facilit…
IISRP elects Vincent, to meet in NYC
Added: 19 May 2008
MOSCOW (May 14, 2008) -- John Vincent, president of Firestone Polymers, has been named president in…
Parker acquires remaining interest in Mexican joint venture
Added: 19 May 2008
Cleveland, Ohio -- Parker Hannifin Corp. has acquired the remaining stake in its Mexican joint vent…
Toyo fiscal year earnings, sales up
Added: 19 May 2008
Tokyo -- Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. reported double-digit increases in operating income and sales …
Toyoda Gosei to open plant in Mexico
Added: 19 May 2008
Troy, Michigan -- Automotive parts manufacturer Toyoda Gosei North America Corp. plans to open a fa…
Flexsys files new patent infringement complaint
Added: 19 May 2008
Washington DC -- Flexsys America LP has filed a new complaint before the US International Trade Com…
Sketchbook from Moscow - Amtel-Vredestein and Sibur Russian Tires
Added: 13 May 2008
By David Shaw, ERJ editor
Moscow - I was wrong. A few months ago I blogged from Geneva saying that I…
Pirelli report sales increase and earnings slip in Q1
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Milan - Pirelli Tyre SpA has a slight decrease in earnings for the quarter en…
Kumho breaks ground on US tyre plant
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Macon, Georgia - Despite heavy damage from severe storms in early May, Kumho …
Flexsys file new patent-infringement with ITC
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Washington DC - Solutia Inc unit, Flexsys America LP has filed a new complain…
Yokohama Rubber establishes Asian purchasing subsidiary
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Bangkok, Thailand - Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd., established in February this ye…
Yokohama begin fourth expansion of Hiroshima OTR plant
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hiroshima, Japan - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced a fourth-pha…
Yokohama brings in new guard at senior management level
Added: 13 May 2008
Senior management changes at Yokohama
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo, Japan - Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.…
Yokohama establishes Brazilian subsidiary
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo, Japan - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced the establishme…
