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Michelin to protect tread pattern designs against copying
Added: 11 Dec 2006
Clermont-Ferrand -Â Michelin is to step up efforts to defend its intellectual property against thos…
Goodyear to add eighth mixing line at UK plant
Added: 11 Dec 2006
Wolverhampton, UK - Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd is to add an eighth mixing line at its former tyre…
Mitsui, Excel to set up compounding plant in China
Added: 11 Dec 2006
Guangdong, China - Excel Polymers LLC and Mitsui and Co., Ltd., of Japan have agreed to form a join…
News from elsewhere on the web 11/Dec/06
Added: 11 Dec 2006
(20 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Dana Corp. to sell non-core engine hard parts business
Added: 11 Dec 2006
Toledo, Ohio - Dana Corp., which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganisation, has entered into a sto…
Bandag sale unexpected, Carver says
Added: 11 Dec 2006
Muscatine, Iowa - Several months ago Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc. Chairman and CEO Mark Emkes …
REACH goes to final vote on Wednesday, approval expected
Added: 11 Dec 2006
Strasbourg -Â The European Parliament is set to vote on the final draft of the REACH legislation (r…
IRSG releases report on China rubber industry
Added: 6 Dec 2006
Wembley, London -Â The International Rubber STudy Group (IRSG) has released, "an extensive researc…
Finnish PM says REACH to be in place by year-end
Added: 6 Dec 2006
Brussels - Finland's prime minister Matti Vanhanen has said he expects the REACH legislation to be …
Kordsa to enter Asia with Branta Mulia purchase
Added: 6 Dec 2006
Istanbul, Turkey -Â Kordsa, the Turkish tyre cord maker, intends to buy a controlling stake in comp…
Silicone elastomers to grow -- report
Added: 6 Dec 2006
Dublin, Ireland - Information broker Research and Markets is selling the papers presented at Rapra …
Amtel raises €46 million credit with Moscow banks
Added: 6 Dec 2006
Moscow - Amtel-Vredestein NV said its subsidiary, OJSC Amtel-Vredestein, along with CJSC Moscow Tyr…
News from elsewhere on the web 06/Dec/06
Added: 6 Dec 2006
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Bridgestone's Bandag strategy an evolving business model
Added: 6 Dec 2006
Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc. will not comment on how it will integrate…
Bridgestone Americas to buy Bandag for $1.05 billion
Added: 6 Dec 2006
Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc. is set to purchase tyre retreading materia…
Avon Rubber sold auto unit for around €77 million
Added: 5 Dec 2006
Melksham, Wiltshire - Avon Rubber says it has now completed a substantial restructuring of its busi…
Berstorff supplies butyl extruder to Carlisle Hardcast
Added: 5 Dec 2006
Weesp, Netherlands - Carlisle Hardcast Europe BV located in the Dutch city of Weesp is the only com…
VMI, Collmann to cooperate in sales, production and service
Added: 5 Dec 2006
Lübeck, Germany - Collmann GmbH & Co. Spezialmaschinenbau KG and VMI Epe Holland BV are to begin a…
Bridgestone changes aimed at boosting sales
Added: 5 Dec 2006
By Roger Schreffler, Automotive News
Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp. has big plans for its global tyre bus…
EU and Parliament agree REACH deal
Added: 5 Dec 2006
Brussels -Â REACH is getting closer and is still on track to be in place in 2007, following the la…
