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News from elsewhere on the web 20/June/07
Added: 20 Jun 2007
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Conti signs brake-part JV deal for India
Added: 20 Jun 2007
New Delhi, India -Â Continental AG's Automotive Systems Division, has signed a Joint Venture Agreem…

Nitta opens belting operation in China
Added: 20 Jun 2007
Changzhou, China - Japanese belt maker Nitta Corp. has opened a plant in the Changzhou National Hi-…

ExxonMobil introduces inner liner revolution - adds new facility
Added: 20 Jun 2007
Houston, Texas - ExxonMobil Chemical Company is to introduce a new technology for tyre inner liners…

GM exec Johansson to head Trelleborg's automotive group
Added: 19 Jun 2007
Trelleborg, Sweden - Roger Johansson has been appointed the new Business Area President of Trelleb…

Trelleborg Wheel to move rim operations from Denmark to Latvia
Added: 19 Jun 2007
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg's Wheel Systems has said it has started negotiations with unions wi…

Sir Campbell Fraser, former Dunlop chairman dies, aged 83
Added: 19 Jun 2007
London - James Campbell Fraser, former head of the Dunlop organisation until 1983, died in London l…

Lanxess butyl strike finished on Monday
Added: 19 Jun 2007
Zwijndrecht, Belgium -Â On June 18, 2007, the non-managerial employees of Lanxess Rubber NV based a…

Lanxess launches 'Nanopren' SBR gel, high-isoprene IIR
Added: 19 Jun 2007
Leverkusen, Germany -Â Lanxess is to introduce a new type of SBR gel to the tyre industry at the K …

India's Indag Rubber joins TRIB
Added: 19 Jun 2007
Pacific Grove, California - Indag Rubber Ltd., a New Delhi-based precure retread systems supplier, …

BTMA dinner set for 5 October in Solihull
Added: 19 Jun 2007
London - The UK tyre industry dinner will take place on Friday 5 October in the Marriott Renaissanc…

US GRG products industry worth $8200 million - report
Added: 19 Jun 2007
Dublin, Ireland -Â A new report based on US manufacturing statistics claims the US production of me…

News from elsewhere on the web 19/June/07
Added: 19 Jun 2007
(7 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Gurin plans to step down from Amtel-Vredestein as losses mount
Added: 19 Jun 2007
Moscow -Â Amtel-Vredestein NV said its chief executive, Alexei Gurin, plans to leave the Group to p…

Shanghai to host '07 Challenge Bibendum
Added: 18 Jun 2007
Paris - Group Michelin will stage the 2007 version of its Challenge Bibendum “sustainable mobilit…

Hagglunds opens facility in Canada
Added: 18 Jun 2007
Columbus, Ohio - Hagglunds Drives has opened a Canadian service and sales facility in Edmonton, Alb…

Just-Auto releases profile of Pirelli
Added: 18 Jun 2007
Dublin, Ireland -Â The latest company profile from the people at Just-Auto covers Pirelli's tyre ac…

Michelin recalling motorcycle tyres in US, Canada
Added: 18 Jun 2007
Greenville, South Carolina - Michelin North America Inc. is recalling certain Michelin Pilot Power …

Appeals court partially rejects TPMS suit in US
Added: 18 Jun 2007
Washington, DC - Four major tyre makers and the Tire Industry Association (TIA) lack standing under…

Dow raises prices of Engage, Affinity by €80 / tonne
Added: 18 Jun 2007
Horgen, Switzerland - Effective July 1, 2007 , or as contract terms allow, Dow will increase prices…