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Connecticut attorney general to probe recalled Chinese tyres
Added: 28 Jun 2007
By Miles Moore, Tire Business staff
Hartford, Connecticut- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blum…
Cooper-Standard reveals MAPS financial data
Added: 28 Jun 2007
Novi, Michigan -Â The Metzeler Automotive profiles Systems (MAPS) operations being acquired by Coop…
Degussa doubles carbon black capacity of Brazil plant
Added: 28 Jun 2007
Paulinia, Brazil - Degussa GmbH has doubled its production capacity for carbon black in Paulinia, B…
Chinese chemical supplier to list on SIngapore exchange
Added: 27 Jun 2007
Singapore - China Sunsine Chemical Holdings Ltd, a maker of rubber chemicals, is planning a listing…
Lanxess to raise XNBR capacity in France
Added: 27 Jun 2007
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess' technical rubber products (TRP) business unit is going to "slightly"…
News from elsewhere on the web 27/June/07
Added: 27 Jun 2007
(4 items) London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Asahi Kasei to add capacity for S-SBR in Japan
Added: 27 Jun 2007
Tokyo, Japan - Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. is increasing annual capacity for solution-polymerised s…
Lanxess to build Euro 400 million butyl facility in Asia
Added: 27 Jun 2007
Leverkusen/Singapore - Chemical group Lanxess AG has announced it will build a Euro 400 million but…
CVC sells Metzeler France to managers
Added: 27 Jun 2007
Charleval, France - CVC Capital Partners has sold a French automotive profiles factory to a group o…
Bridgestone increases forecast for sales, income
Added: 27 Jun 2007
Tokyo -Â Bridgestone Corp has increased its forecast for sales and profits for financial year 2007,…
Tyre importer says he never sold recalled Chinese LT tyres
Added: 27 Jun 2007
Carlsbad, California - K&D Tire Wholesalers LLC never imported or sold any of the 450 000 Chinese l…
Carlisle CEO begins work
Added: 27 Jun 2007
Charlotte, North Carolina - Carlisle Cos. Inc. has appointed David Roberts, formerly the top execut…
Michelin publishes performance report
Added: 27 Jun 2007
Paris - Group Michelin has published the third edition of the Michelin Performance and Responsibili…
ANSYS releases polyflow 3.11
Added: 26 Jun 2007
Glasgow, UK -- Ansys has released Polyflow 3.11 software for the analysis of polymer processing and…
Solideal Canada adds distribution center
Added: 26 Jun 2007
EDMONTON, Alberta (June 25) -- Solideal Canada has opened a distribution center in Edmonton to meet…
Nokian picks contractor for St Petersburg expansion
Added: 26 Jun 2007
Nokia, Finland -- Finnish builder Lemminkäinen and Nokian Tyres, also Finnish, have signed an agre…
News from elsewhere on the web (26/June/2007)
Added: 26 Jun 2007
(8 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…
Hangzhou Zhongce in huge US tyre recall after gum strips omitted
Added: 26 Jun 2007
Union, New Jersey -- A death and injury lawsuit has prompted a US tyre importer and distributor to …
Marine hose investigations may cost Trelleborg over Euro 80 million
Added: 26 Jun 2007
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg AB has said its marine hose operations, Trelleborg Industrie SAS, …
Tyre recycler fined $17 000 over worker death
Added: 25 Jun 2007
Cincinnati, Ohio - The US-based Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined Rump…
