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Conti announces record sales and profits and plans to double dividend
Added: 22 Feb 2007
Hannover, Germany - For the fifth consecutive year, Continental AG has declared record sales and pr…
Bridgestone profits fall on higher sales
Added: 20 Feb 2007
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has announced its consolidated business and financial results for the fi…
Ansell profits decline on higher latex prices
Added: 20 Feb 2007
Melbourne, Australia -- Ansell Ltd reported net profit of US$38.3 million for the first half ended …
Report examines market, history of runflat tyres
Added: 20 Feb 2007
London -- A new report into runflat tyres appears to suggest that sales will boom in the next few y…
Michelin tops JD Power survey in South Africa
Added: 20 Feb 2007
Johannesburg, South Africa -- The lastest JD Power survey of tyre customer satisfaction in South Af…
Trelleborg's shake-up will continue
Added: 20 Feb 2007
Jens Meiners, Automotive News Europe
Munich, Germany -- Trelleborg AB could sell off parts of its lo…
Five-year forecasts for the US replacement car & van tyre market
Added: 20 Feb 2007
Dublin, Ireland -- Information broker Research and Markets has announced the addition of Datamonito…
News from elsewhere on the web (20/Feb /2007)
Added: 20 Feb 2007
(29 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Shell, Dow, Unipetrol appeal against rubber fines--update
Added: 20 Feb 2007
Brussels -- Makers of synthetic rubber are appealing against the fines imposed by the EU last year.…
Lanxess has eye on expanding in India
Added: 19 Feb 2007
Lanxess AG said it plans to increase its expansions in India in its drive for profitable growth.
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Johnson-Sirleaf: Liberia renegotiating its concession agreement with BFS
Added: 19 Feb 2007
Washington-- Liberia began renegotiating its concession agreement with Bridgestone/Firestone, one o…
Michelin net profits fall 36% for 2006
Added: 19 Feb 2007
Paris -- Michelin's net income declined 36 percent in 2006 from a year earlier because of high raw …
Rollier proposes Michelin add 2 managing partners
Added: 19 Feb 2007
Clermont-Ferrand, France -- Michel Rollier, Michelin managing general partner, will ask shareholder…
Michelin expects to cut $2000 million in costs by 2010
Added: 19 Feb 2007
Clermont-Ferrand, France -- Michelin anticipates cutting $2000 million to $22200 million in costs t…
Trelleborg Wheel reports higher sales, earnings
Added: 19 Feb 2007
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg Wheel Systems, the tyre and wheel business of Trelleborg AB, repor…
Nokian to expand capacity at Russian plant
Added: 19 Feb 2007
NOKIA, Finland (Feb. 16) -- Nokian Tyres PLC said it will more than double the annual capacity of i…
Kraton opens distribution centre in China
Added: 19 Feb 2007
Houston, Texas -- Kraton Polymers LLC has opened a distribution centre in the Waigaoqiao Free Trade…
Trelleborg to buy Swedish construction products firm
Added: 19 Feb 2007
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg AB has agreed to buy Gummiteknik GTM A.B., a Swedish maker of rubb…
Goodyear posts volume, earnings declines in fourth quarter 2006
Added: 19 Feb 2007
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear´s made five percent fewer tyres in 2006, compared with 2005. Tyre unit vol…
Davis-Standard moves Extrusions HQ to UK from Germany
Added: 15 Feb 2007
Oldbury, UK -- Davis-Standard LLC recently relocated the extrusion systems portion of its European …
