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DSM to sell EPDM, TPV businesses

Added: 30 Sep 2007

Geleen, Netherlands -- DSM has said its two elastomers business are no longer part of its core acti…

News from elsewhere on the web (28/Sep/2007)

Added: 30 Sep 2007

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

Shanghai Tyre changes subsidiaries´ names -- except CMA

Added: 30 Sep 2007

Monrovia, California -- Shanghai Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd. is changing the names of most of its subs…

Fraunhofer LBF demonstrates LBF wheel-road simulator

Added: 30 Sep 2007

Darmstadt, Germany -†The Fraunhofer Institute LBF has demonstrated its LBF wheel-road simulator. A …

UAW calls off strike at GM as tentative agreement reached

Added: 30 Sep 2007

Detroit, Michigan -† The United Autoworkers Union (UAW) said its negotiators reached a tentative ag…

Skellerup close to final negotiations in divestment of non-rubber business

Added: 30 Sep 2007

Christchurch, New Zealand - Skellerup Holdings says it is in negotiations with parties who wish to …

Solutia ready to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Added: 30 Sep 2007

St Louis, Missouri -†Solutia Inc. said it has secured the support of all of the major constituents …

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 - 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 - 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 - In a survey of brand presence in cyberspace, the Michelin brand comes out far ahea…