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NHTSA announces recall of Toyotas in US due to floor mat problem
Added: 30 Sep 2007
Washington, DC - US-based owners of 2007 and 2008 Lexus ES 350 models and certain other Toyota vehi…
European Truck sales remain strong in Europe
Added: 30 Sep 2007
Brussels, Belgium -†Sales of trucks remain strong in Europe, helped mainly by booming growth in all…
Michelin, Conti, Dunlop come top in ADAC winter tyre test
Added: 30 Sep 2007
Munich, Germany - ADAC, the influential German motorists' association has named winter tyres from M…
John Crane reports sales, profits up in year to July
Added: 26 Sep 2007
London - John Crane, the rubber and sealing subsidiary of Smiths Group reported an excellent year, …
Trelleborg buys industrial tyre distributor in Australia
Added: 26 Sep 2007
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg Wheel Systems has signed an agreement to acquire the privately own…
Condom factory begins operations in Botswana
Added: 26 Sep 2007
Gaborone, Botswana -Â Latex Medical Products is to begin manufacturing condoms in Botswana in the n…
Worker dies at Skellerup's Christchurch factory
Added: 26 Sep 2007
Christchurch, New Zealand -Â Skellerup Industries today confirmed that Alan Pitcaithly tragically d…
News from elsewhere on the web 26/Sept/07
Added: 26 Sep 2007
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Yokohama embracing green issues
Added: 26 Sep 2007
By Bruce Davis, ERJ Akron bureau
Akron, Ohio -Green may not be Yokohama Rubber Co. (YRC) Ltd.'s corp…
Shandong Linglong builds car tyre plant for exports
Added: 26 Sep 2007
Namrita Chow, autonews@crain.com
Shanghai, China - Shandong Linglong Rubber Co. will build a 1500 mi…
EC orders 4 auto makers to share repair information
Added: 25 Sep 2007
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Brussels - Four major car makers-DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, General Motors and Fiat-are…
News from elsewhere on the web 25/Sept/07
Added: 25 Sep 2007
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Michelin brand leads from the front in cyberspace
Added: 25 Sep 2007
Cambridge, UK -Â In a survey of brand presence in cyberspace, the Michelin brand comes out far ahea…
Private equity company buys out Michelin, Woco JV
Added: 25 Sep 2007
Starnberg, Germany -Â German private equity fund Arques Industries AG has acquired all the shares i…
News from elsewhere on the web 24/Sept/07
Added: 24 Sep 2007
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Dow increases prices of elastomers, plastomers in Versify range
Added: 24 Sep 2007
Midland, Michigan - Effective 1 Oct, 2007, Dow Europe GmbH will increase the price for all grades o…
Rhodia appoints Marc Chollet as group strategy vice president
Added: 24 Sep 2007
paris - Rhodia has named Marc Chollet as group strategy vice president and member of the executive …
Michelin releases August tyre industry data
Added: 24 Sep 2007
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with market data for the month of August.
The new data sho…
Shanghai Tyre changes name to Double Coin
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Monrovia, California -- Shanghai Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd., recently changed its name to Double Coin…
Goodyear breaks ground on Gadsden expansion
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Gadsden, Alabama -- Goodyear has broken ground on a $100 million-plus, two- to three-year modernisa…
