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Bekaert H1 results continue to show strong growth in China
Added: 8 Aug 2007
Kortrijk, Belgium -Â Chinese sales of steelcord continue to boom for Bekaert. The company reported …

Glanzstoff buys tyrecord converter, Sicrem
Added: 8 Aug 2007
Sankt Pölten, Austria - The Austrian rayon yarn-maker, Glanzstoff Group has bought the Italian fa…

Cabot, Columbian settle US carbon black class action
Added: 8 Aug 2007
Boston, Massachusetts -Â Purchasers of carbon black in the United States are advised that the two o…

Vita sells Calendering business to Excel Polymers
Added: 8 Aug 2007
Manchester, UK -Â Excel Polymers LLC has acquired Vita-Calender, the specialised rubber processing …

Cooling fins might reduce heat on Bridgestone runflats
Added: 8 Aug 2007
Tokyo -Â Future tyres from Bridgestone may use a type of aerodynamic cooling. The company has devel…

Frost and Sullivan publish report on the carbon black market
Added: 6 Aug 2007
London -- A report of the European markets for carbon black by consultancy firm Frost & Sullivan, h…

Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber believes its tyres are safe
Added: 6 Aug 2007
Washington DC -- Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. has issued a statement regarding the safety of its tyr…

ContiTech wins its fight against counterfeit belts in Taiwan
Added: 6 Aug 2007
Hanover, Germany -- ContiTech has won its court case in Taiwan against a Taiwanese trader and a gen…

Cooper names Robert Welding director
Added: 3 Aug 2007
Findlay, Ohio -- The Cooper Tire & Rubber company's board of directors has named Robert Welding a d…

Engineered Products gets new name
Added: 2 Aug 2007
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear Engineered Products has a new corporate name, Veyance Technologies Inc., bu…

Yokohama opens Indian subsidiary
Added: 2 Aug 2007
Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Co. (YRC) Ltd's new sales subsidiary in India started operations officially…

News from elsewhere on the web 02/August/07
Added: 2 Aug 2007
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Exousia Receives order for cargo boxes made from RPA
Added: 2 Aug 2007
Sugar Land, Texas -- Exousia Advanced Materials Inc. had announced that it has received a purchase …

ExxonMobil begins production of butyl rubber using new technology
Added: 1 Aug 2007
Houston, Texas -- ExxonMobil Chemical has begun butyl rubber production using “breakthrough†te…

Goodyear, Carlyle complete Engineered Products sale
Added: 1 Aug 2007
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has completed the sale of its Engineered Products business to EPD Inc., an …

Michelin to buy Cooper's Oliver Rubber for $69 million
Added: 1 Aug 2007
Greenville, South Carolina -- Michelin North America Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to buy …

USW, Carlyle complete agreement
Added: 31 Jul 2007
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- The United Steelworkers and the Carlyle Group have ironed out "outstand…

Pirelli Tyre sales, earnings up in 1st half
Added: 31 Jul 2007
Milan, Italy - Pirelli Tyre SpA reported a six-percent improvement in operating income in the first…

India tyre producer MRF joins IRSG
Added: 30 Jul 2007
Wembley, UK - MRF, the biggest tyre producer in India, according to ERJ's 2006 tyre rankings, has j…

News from elsewhere on the web 30/July/07
Added: 30 Jul 2007
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