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Workers strikes at 16 Goodyear sites in US
Added: 6 Oct 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- More than 15 000 union workers at 16 Goodyear tyre and rubber product s…
Bridgestone founder Ishibashi joins Auto Hall of Fame
Added: 5 Oct 2006
Dearborn, Michigan - Bridgestone Corp. founder Shojiro Ishibashi has been inducted into the Automot…
ExxonMobil, Yokohama announce innerliner material
Added: 5 Oct 2006
Houston, Texas -ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (YRC) have jointly announ…
Bribes offered most often in India, China and Russia
Added: 5 Oct 2006
Berlin, Germany - Transparency International, a website devoted to fighting corruption in governmen…
News from elsewhere on the web (05 Oct 2006)
Added: 5 Oct 2006
(15 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Chemtura to pay $51 million to pay rubber chemicals class claims
Added: 5 Oct 2006
Middlebury, Connecticut - Chemtura Corp. has resolved the federal class action litigation involving…
Bayer settles rubber chemicals, EPDM class actions
Added: 5 Oct 2006
San Rafael, Califronia - In mid-September, Bayer AG announced it has set aside $282 million to sett…
Lanxess lifts technical rubber prices in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Latin America
Added: 4 Oct 2006
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess is raising the price of its technical rubber products in Europe, Afri…
Michelin experiment finds its A2 Energy truck tyres more fuel efficient
Added: 4 Oct 2006
Stoke-on-Trent, UK - Almost 30 litres of fuel were saved by using Michelin's A2 Energy truck tyres …
AirBoss gets $9.8 m US military boot order
Added: 4 Oct 2006
Newmarket, Canada -- AirBoss-Defense, a division of AirBoss of America Corp., has received the fir…
Trelleborg starts talks on closure of Ystad protective products unit
Added: 4 Oct 2006
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg Group has started talks with trade unions regarding the closure of …
News from elsewhere on the web 04/Oct/06
Added: 4 Oct 2006
(14 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
ADAC recommends winter tyres
Added: 3 Oct 2006
Munich, Germany - The German motoring organisation (ADAC)'s annual winter tyre test results are out…
Find suppliers of seals and gaskets
Added: 3 Oct 2006
Westboro, Massachusetts - ForeignTradeExchange.com, a US-based company, has produced an online buyi…
Union gives Goodyear 72-hour notice to end pact extension
Added: 3 Oct 2006
Akron, Ohio - The United Steelworkers has given Goodyear its 72-hour notice to terminate its contra…
Malaysian replacement tyre market to grow in car, truck
Added: 3 Oct 2006
Kuala Lumpur - The launch of new car models by carmakers and growth in the used car market have bee…
News from elsewhere on the web 03/Oct/06
Added: 3 Oct 2006
(16 items) London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers m…
Bridgestone to double radial aircraft tyre capacity
Added: 3 Oct 2006
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is adding capacity for radial aircraft tyres at its Tokyo plant, a move …
Report analyses Russian chemical industry
Added: 2 Oct 2006
Dublin - The Russian chemical and petrochemical sector grew by 2.6 percent in 2005, according to a …
Ford US may turn to Europe for small cars
Added: 2 Oct 2006
By Kathy Jackson, Automotive News
PARIS -- Ford of Europe executives are talking to their U.S. count…
