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Simrit offers CAD system to make large diameter seals

Added: 13 Nov 2007

Plymouth, Michigan --Simrit has launched its Xpress technology that allows the company to produce c…

Pirelli Tyre earnings, sales up through 9 months

Added: 13 Nov 2007

Milan, Italy - Pirelli Tyre SpA reported a 5.5-percent increase in operating income for the first …

Pirelli considers repurchase of Pirelli Tyre shares

Added: 13 Nov 2007

Milan, Italy -- Pirelli Chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera will evaluate the possible repurchase of…

ElringKlinger reports double-digit growth in first nine months

Added: 13 Nov 2007

Dettingen/Erms (Germany) - The ElringKlinger Group increased both revenues and earnings in the firs…

Hankook confirms multiple deaths among Korean employees

Added: 13 Nov 2007

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

Seoul, Korea - Hankook Tire has confirmed that a number of its Korean emplo…

Fenner acquires the assets of B-LOC

Added: 13 Nov 2007

London -- Fenner PLC has purchased nearly all of the operating assets and liabilities of B-LOC, thr…

Michelin to invest, make cuts at Stoke plant

Added: 12 Nov 2007

Stoke-on-Trent, UK - Michelin UK is to cease calendering operations at its Stoke plant with the lo…

News from elsewhere on the web (12/Nov/07)

Added: 12 Nov 2007

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

No new PAX from Michelin - official

Added: 12 Nov 2007

Paris - Michelin has stopped further research on the PAX runflat system. Philippe Denimal, researc…

Daetwyler adds to sales force in Germany

Added: 12 Nov 2007

Schattdorf, Switzerland -- Daetwyler Rubber has added to its sales team in Europe in order to bette…

Dow increases prices for performance plastics and speciality latex products

Added: 12 Nov 2007

Horgen, Switzerland -- Dow Europe GmbH will raise prices for products in its performance plastics p…

Eaton acquires Arrow Hose & Tubing Inc.

Added: 9 Nov 2007

Cleveland, Ohio -- Eaton Corp. has bought Arrow Hose & Tubing Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

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News from elsewhere on the web 09/November/07

Added: 9 Nov 2007

(15 items) London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers m…

Toyo reports safety problems with its PU building materials

Added: 9 Nov 2007

Osaka, Japan -- Investigations into Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd's urethane-based heat-resistant buil…

Yokohama's H1 operating income rises 3.7-fold

Added: 9 Nov 2007

Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has reported a 3.7-fold increase in interim operating income fro…

Lehigh and Tetramer to develop PU polymers using rubber power

Added: 8 Nov 2007

Naples, Florida and Pendleton, South Carolina -- Lehigh Technologies,

Inc. and Tetramer Technologies…

Matador to remain a separate brand

Added: 8 Nov 2007

Following the acquisition by Continental of a controlling stake in Matador's rubber activities, Man…

Conti to invest in Puchov, add engineering

Added: 8 Nov 2007

Puchov, Slovak Republic -- Continental AG's acquisition of 51 percent of the equity in Matador AS' …

News from elsewhere on the web 08/November/07

Added: 8 Nov 2007

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

Trelleborg execs plead guilty to marine hose conspiracy

Added: 7 Nov 2007

Washington DC - The US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced today that two executives of French ma…