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Michelin releases tyre market data for October

Added: 21 Nov 2007

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris - Michelin has updated its website with market data for the month of Nov…

SSL's H1 profits rise by 10.1 percent thanks to new markets

Added: 21 Nov 2007

London -- SSL International plc has reported that its overall sales for H1 were up by 10.1 percent …

Eliokem raises prices for elastomeric modifiers

Added: 20 Nov 2007

Villejust, France -- Eliokem will raise it prices for Chemigum nitrile powder elastomeric modifiers…

Avon Rubber's MDC is re-launched as a rubber consultancy

Added: 19 Nov 2007

Westbury, UK -- Avon Rubber plc has set up a rubber consultancy company named ARTIS (Avon Rubber Te…

Lamborghini selects Beru's TPMS for Gallardo and Murciélago

Added: 19 Nov 2007

Ludwigsburg, Germany -- Automotive engineering company Beru f1systems has announced that it is supp…

News from Elsewhere on the web (19/Nov/07)

Added: 19 Nov 2007

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

Michelin's Challenge Bibendum covers heavy issues

Added: 19 Nov 2007

Shanghai, China -- Michelin's 2007 Challenge Bibendum began on 14 Nov. in Shanghai with discussions…

Goodyear to invest €6 million to add silica to Taiwan plant - confirmed

Added: 16 Nov 2007

Taoyuan, Taiwan - Goodyear has said it intends to invest NT$300 million (€6.33 million) in its pla…

Brityrex set for 22-24 Sept in 2009

Added: 16 Nov 2007

Manchester, UK - The UK tyre and fitting exhibition, Brityrex 2009 will run from 22 Sept to 24 Sep…

Cooper names new director, dividend payment

Added: 16 Nov 2007

Findlay, Ohio - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has named Thomas Capo the firm's 11th director, with a ter…

Trelleborg Auto restructures with UK sale and new JV in Russia

Added: 16 Nov 2007

Helsingborg, Sweden - Trelleborg Automotive is to sell an airsprings factory in the UK and is esta…

Trelleborg to add mixing line in Czech Republic

Added: 16 Nov 2007

Helsingborg, Sweden - Trelleborg AB is to add a third mixing line in Lesina, in the Czech Republic…

Trelleborg acquires US-based seals distributor

Added: 16 Nov 2007

Helsingborg, Sweden -- Through its Sealing Solutions business, the Trelleborg group has acquired US…

Kossan signs MOU to develop rubber bearings in Iran

Added: 16 Nov 2007

Malaysia -- The board of directors of Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd has announced that its subsidiar…

Rhodia to build a plant for high performance silica in China

Added: 16 Nov 2007

The new facility will be located in the city of Qingdao where Rhodia already operates a silica plan…

2007 Challenge Bibendum under way in Shanghai

Added: 16 Nov 2007

Shanghai, China - The 2007 edition of Challenge Bibendum-Group Michelin's annual gathering of “su…

News from elsewhere on the web (16/Nov/07)

Added: 16 Nov 2007

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

Exxon breaks ground on Singapore elastomers project

Added: 16 Nov 2007

Singapore -  ExxonMobil has broken ground on its giant petrochemical project in Singapore. The pr…

Cooper-Standard cuts losses, boosts sales in 3rd quarter

Added: 16 Nov 2007

By Ryan Beene

Detroit, Michigan - Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. boosted revenue and cut its loss…

Desma Elastomertechnik filled its order books at the K show in Düsseldorf

Added: 16 Nov 2007

Düsseldorf, Germany - “The order books are filled far into the year to come, and we are now expe…