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Pirelli opens car tyre factory in China prior to Calendar launch
Added: 27 Nov 2007
Shandong Province, China -- Pirelli said it began manufacturing high-performance car tyres in China…

News from elsewhere on the web (27/Nov/2007)
Added: 27 Nov 2007
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Car industry faces urgent recycling challenge
Added: 27 Nov 2007
Oxford, UK -- 3650 million tonnes of vehicle scrap will be generated world-wide between now and 203…

Canadian belt company opens tech centre
Added: 27 Nov 2007
Magog, Quebec, Canada -- Camoplast has officially opened a new technical centre, known as Camoplast…

Invista to build polyamide 6,6 intermediates and polymer Plant in China
Added: 27 Nov 2007
Shanghai, China -- Invista Intermediates has signed a Land Reservation Agreement with the Shanghai…

Aleris Intl sells US Zinc recycling business
Added: 27 Nov 2007
Beachwood, Ohio -- Aleris International, Inc.will sell its Zinc business, which operates under the …

Michelin settles with Double Coin in US, China
Added: 27 Nov 2007
Greenville, South Carolina -- Michelin North America Inc. and China Manufacturers Alliance (CMA) LL…

Survey says some suppliers risk collapse
Added: 26 Nov 2007
Klaus-Dieter Flörecke, Automotive News Europe
Munich, Germany -- The gap between successful and en…

Partsmakers worry about BMW cuts
Added: 26 Nov 2007
Klaus-Dieter Flörecke, Automotive News Europe
Munich, Germany -- A suggestion by BMW's works counci…

Michelin settles with UK Double Coin importer
Added: 26 Nov 2007
Stoke-on-Trent, UK -- Following a series of copyright infringement announcements, Michelin has sett…

News from elsewhere on the web (26/Nov/07)
Added: 26 Nov 2007
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone is raising tyre prices in Japan
Added: 26 Nov 2007
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. said it will raise prices on 1 March, 2008 for tyres, tubes and flaps so…

Bridgestone to supply run-flats as OE on Nissan sports car
Added: 26 Nov 2007
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp will supply run-flat tyres (RFT) for factory installation as standard equ…

Report tracks US resin, rubber industry
Added: 26 Nov 2007
Dublin, Ireland - A report titled "Resin and Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. a…

Hankook rebuts press reports related to Hungarian plant
Added: 23 Nov 2007
Dunaujvaros, Hungary -Â A Hankook Tyre spokesman has emphatically rejected press reports from the …

JK Tyre reports strong profit growth for full year
Added: 23 Nov 2007
New Delhi, India - JK Tyre & Industries Ltd reported steady growth in sales and strong profit growt…

Semperit reports further growth in Q3
Added: 23 Nov 2007
Vienna -- In the first three quarters of the 2007 financial year Semperit Group reported consolidat…

Marangoni completes € 5 million investment in cold retreading innovation
Added: 23 Nov 2007
Rovereto, Italy -- The Marangoni Group Retreading Systems division has invested 5 million euro into…

Dow-Corning launches fully-fluorinated LSR
Added: 23 Nov 2007
Brussels - Dow Corning said it will launch a fully fluorinated two-part injection mouldable elastom…

Dow announces price increase for Engage polymers
Added: 23 Nov 2007
Horgen, Switzerland -- Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase for Europe, India, the Middle…