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FTS to initiate recall - until funds run out
Added: 2 Jul 2007
Washington -- Foreign Tire Sales Inc. will give the US-based National Highway Traffic Safety Admini…

Conti to invest $78 million in Mt Vernon truck tyre factory
Added: 29 Jun 2007
Mount Vernon, Illinois - Continental Tire North America, Inc. (CTNA) today announced approximately …

Indian tyre market analysed
Added: 29 Jun 2007
Dublin, Ireland - Information broker, Research and Markets is selling a short report on the Indian…

Report examines Chinese rubber chemical usage
Added: 29 Jun 2007
Dublin, Ireland -Â Information broker Research & Markets is selling a report on the Chinese market …

Amtel-Vredestein pays off one of its loans
Added: 29 Jun 2007
Enschede, The Netherlands - Amtel-Vredestein said it has repaid its Credit Linked Notes (CLN) in th…

News from elsewhere on the web 29/June/07
Added: 29 Jun 2007
(13 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

NHTSA: Foreign Tire Sales could face $16.4 million in penalties
Added: 29 Jun 2007
Washington, DC - Foreign Tire Sales (FTS) Inc. could face penalties of $6000 per violation-or a max…

Truck registrations climb in Europe
Added: 29 Jun 2007
Brussels - Figures from the European vehicle manufacturers' federation,. ACEA, show that registrati…

Conti tyre gets Guinness World Records accolade for speed
Added: 29 Jun 2007
Hanover, Germany -Â The ContiSportContact Vmax has been entered in the Guinness Book of Records as …

Brandnetics holds valve cap seminar
Added: 28 Jun 2007
Stockport, UK -Â Brandnetics held a seminar to present its tyre pressure valve cap last week. The …

News from elsewhere on the web 28/June/07
Added: 28 Jun 2007
(4 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

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…