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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 - 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…

Michelin, ElringKlinger offer best shareholder value - Automotive News

Added: 25 Jun 2007

By Sylviane de Saint-Seine, Automotive News Europe

Michelin has overcome the shock of Edouard Miche…

Metflex buys two horizontal Maplan IM machines

Added: 25 Jun 2007

Blackburn, UK - Metflex has invested in a pair of fully automated horizontal rubber injection-moul…

Richard Hammond crash caused by tyre blister

Added: 25 Jun 2007

London - The jet-powered car which crashed on 20 Sept, 2006 with Richard Hammond at the wheel in a …

News from elsewhere on the web 25/June/07

Added: 25 Jun 2007

(5 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Chinese suppliers improve quality

Added: 25 Jun 2007

Alysha Webb, Automotive News Europe

Shanghai, China - China is often mentioned as a good place to so…

Just-Auto releases profile of Kumho Tires

Added: 25 Jun 2007

Dublin, Ireland - The latest company profile from the people at Just-Auto covers Kumho Tires

The 2…

Berwin buys Watts' compounding operations

Added: 22 Jun 2007

Manchester, UK - Berwin Group Ltd has bought Watts Industrial Polymers Ltd, the compounding opera…