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Sports shoes to use 'Superball' technology
Added: 15 Nov 2006
Lexington, Massachusetts - A new sports shoe launching in the US today uses the 'superball' technol…
Belt maker Habasit purchases Summa
Added: 15 Nov 2006
Suwanee, Georgia - Recently formed Habasit Holding USA Inc. has completed the acquisition of Summa …
Yokohama breaks ground on Vietnam tyre plant
Added: 15 Nov 2006
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has broken ground for a cross-ply motorcycle …
Harburg Freudenberger, Mesabi enter cooperative agreement
Added: 15 Nov 2006
Topeka, Kansas - Rubber machinery maker Harburg Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH and control systems…
ETRMA to challenge metric-only directive
Added: 14 Nov 2006
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Brussels - The European tyre industry is concerned about the implications o…
JP Morgan analysts begin Michelin coverage with 'Overweight'
Added: 14 Nov 2006
Paris - Equity analyst JP Morgan has begun following Michelin and its initial rating is that the sh…
GM raises TPMS awareness with TV slot
Added: 14 Nov 2006
Detroit -Â General Motors has issued a package for TV journalists to run a brief story on tyre pres…
Chemtura, Al-Zamil to make catalysts in Jubail
Added: 14 Nov 2006
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -Â Al-Zamil Group and Chemtura Corp. have signed an agreement to build a world…
Goodyear/USW negotiation talks set to resume today
Added: 14 Nov 2006
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear and United Steelworkers representatives plan to meet later today in Cincinna…
RMA schedules sixth annual National Tire Safety Week
Added: 14 Nov 2006
Washington, DC -Â April 22-28, 2007 has been earmarked for the sixth annual National Tire Safety W…
News from elsewhere on the web 14/Nov/06
Added: 14 Nov 2006
(15 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Gustav Wolf add capacity, make bead wire at Indian steelcord JV
Added: 13 Nov 2006
Ranchi, India -Â Gustav Wolf and India's Usha Martin India are to begin making beads and beadwire a…
Rosehill says rubber granule sales are booming
Added: 13 Nov 2006
Sowerby Bridge, UK -Â Rosehill Polymers of Sowerby Bridge says it has won export orders worth more …
Germans toughen rules to protect automotive technology
Added: 13 Nov 2006
By Jens Meiners, Automotive News Europe
Munich, Germany - German suppliers applaud a tightening of g…
Cabot raises quarterly dividend
Added: 13 Nov 2006
Boston, Massachusetts - Cabot Corporation has approved an increase of $0.02 per share to the Corpo…
News from elsewhere on the web 13/Nov/06
Added: 13 Nov 2006
(7 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…
Dana restructuring to close 8 North American plants
Added: 13 Nov 2006
Toledo, Ohio - Auto parts supplier Dana Corp. unveiled a broad five-point plan to restructure its o…
AirBoss' earnings, sales jump
Added: 13 Nov 2006
Newmarket, Ontario - Spurred by rubber compounding division production efficiencies, improved produ…
BFS ships first US-made run-flat tyres to BMW
Added: 13 Nov 2006
Wilson, North Carolina - Bridgestone/Firestone has sent its first shipment of US-made Bridgestone P…
Lion Capital to buy Chemtura's EPDM business
Added: 12 Nov 2006
Middlebury, Connecticut -- Chemtura Corp. has announced that Lion Chemical Capital, LLC is the pote…
