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Precision Polymer plans 5 million pound expansion
Added: 18 Sep 2007
By David Arminas |
UK firm to nearly double its employees. |
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Amtel appoints deputy director of corporate development
Added: 17 Sep 2007
Moscow, Russia - Amtel-Vredestein NV (has named Nikolay Khalko to the post of deputy general girect…

Amtel's Kirov plant wns ISO 14001 and ISO/TS 16949
Added: 17 Sep 2007
Moscow, Russia - Amtel-Vredestein NV said the Amtel-Povolzhye (Kirov) Tyre Complex received the ISO…

Amtel-Vredestein board calls EGM
Added: 17 Sep 2007
Enschede, Netherlands - Amtel-Vredestein has called an extraordinary meeting of shareholders to dis…

News from elsewhere on the web 17/Sept/07
Added: 17 Sep 2007
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Dow increases prices of cable compounds and Nordel-brand EPDM
Added: 17 Sep 2007
Horgen, Switzerland - Dow Europe GmbH has announced price increases across Europe, India, Middle Ea…

EC draft directive removes doubt over inch sizes for tyres
Added: 14 Sep 2007
Brussels - The European Commission has proposed a Directive amending 80/181/EEC to indefinitely per…

Pirelli considering buying back Pirelli Tyre stake
Added: 14 Sep 2007
Milan, Italy - Pirelli & C. SpA is considering buying back the 39-percent share of its Pirelli Tyre…

Degussa name to die as parent changes name to Evonik
Added: 14 Sep 2007
Frankfurt, Germany - The parent of Degussa AG:Â RAG Beteiligungs-AG, has changed its name to Evoni…

Report looks at Italian replacement tyre business
Added: 14 Sep 2007
Dublin, Ireland - Information broker Research & Markets is selling a report titled, "Snapshots Ita…

Turkish armed forces to take Avon respirators
Added: 14 Sep 2007
Melksham, UK - Avon Rubber plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoUâ€) with MKEK, a l…

EC draft directive removes doubt over inch sizes for tyres
Added: 14 Sep 2007
Brussels -Â The European Commission has proposed a Directive amending 80/181/EEC to indefinitely pe…

News from elsewhere on the web 14/Sept/07
Added: 14 Sep 2007
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

SmarTire sues Siemens over tyre monitoring system
Added: 14 Sep 2007
Richmond, British Columbia - SmarTire Systems Inc. has filed a federal lawsuit against Siemens VDO …

Pirelli considering buying back Pirelli Tyre stake
Added: 14 Sep 2007
Milan, Italy - Pirelli & C. SpA is considering buying back the 39-percent share of its Pirelli Tyr…

Two Manuli men charged in marine hose case
Added: 14 Sep 2007
Washington DC -Â A federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida has charged two individuals wit…

Two Manuli men charged in marine hose case
Added: 14 Sep 2007
Washington DC - Â A federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida has charged two individuals with…

NHTSA, China sign agreement on motor vehicle safety, enforcement
Added: 14 Sep 2007
Washington, DC - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has signed a memorandum…

Chen to be V-P rubber at Excel Polymers China
Added: 14 Sep 2007
Solon, Ohio -Â Excel Polymers LLC has named Kevin Chen as vice president of Excel Rubber Products i…

Michelin launches energy saver tyre
Added: 14 Sep 2007
Frankfurt, Germany - Â Michelin has raised the stakes once more in the fuel economy battle. The com…