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

Albemarle to raise production of ATH flame retardants
Added: 22 Jun 2007
Baton Rouge Louisiana - Albemarle Corp. is expanding production capacity for its ne precipitated al…

China ousts US as leading producer of carbon dioxide emissions
Added: 22 Jun 2007
Amsterdam, Netherlands - China's 2006 CO2 emissions surpassed those of the USA by 8 percent, accor…

News from elsewhere on the web 22/June/07
Added: 22 Jun 2007
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Alliance reports 23 percent sales growth in Q1
Added: 22 Jun 2007
Hadera, Israel - Alliance Tire Co. reported a 23 percent growth in sales for the first quarter of 2…

Trelleborg Auto opens NVH unit in Romania
Added: 22 Jun 2007
Stockholm, Sweden - Trelleborg's automotive unit yesterday (21 June) opened a new factory making me…

Conti names Esser to head new Asian tyre business units
Added: 22 Jun 2007
Hanover, Germany - Continental AG is setting up business units covering the company's replacement c…

ArcelorMittal bids for Chinese steelcord maker
Added: 22 Jun 2007
Luxembourg - Arcelor Mittal has bught a majority stake in the Chinese steelcord maker, Rongcheng C…

US demand for fluoroelastomers to reach $365 million in 2011
Added: 21 Jun 2007
Cleveland, Ohio - A new study of the US market for fluoropolymers highlights fluoroelastomers as a …

News from elsewhere on the web 21/June/07
Added: 21 Jun 2007
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Jyco claims TPV corner mouldings are low-friction
Added: 21 Jun 2007
Dexter, Michigan -Â Jyco claims to have overcome one of the biggest difficulties with its TPV corn…

USW, Titan together claim China is dumping OTR tyres in the US
Added: 20 Jun 2007
Washington, DC -Â The United Steelworkers (USW) has joined Titan Tire Corp. as a co-petitioner in …

Engel Elast changes phone numbers
Added: 20 Jun 2007
Schwertberg, Austria - Engel Elast, the rubber injection moulding machine maker has changed its tel…

Latex puppets of UK politicians on sale today
Added: 20 Jun 2007
London - Two original Spitting Image puppets of UK politicians Margaret Thatcher and Gordon Brown a…

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…