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Bridgestone's Polish air springs operation to start shipments to OEM
Added: 11 Sep 2006
Wolsztyn, Poland - Bridgestone Corp. subsidiary Firestone Industrial Products (FSIP) Poland will s…
Titan ties up 5-year supply deal with Grove
Added: 11 Sep 2006
Quincy, Illinois - Titan International Inc. has entered a five-year wheel and tyre supply deal with…
VMI acquires MTI Global
Added: 11 Sep 2006
Haaksbergen, Netherlands - Tyre and rubber compound machinery maker VMI has acquired Manufacturing …
Cooper to restructure to cut costs, boost profits
Added: 11 Sep 2006
New York -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. plans to cut costs by $70 million (€55 million) a year, impr…
Bridgestone aids clean water effort in Liberia
Added: 11 Sep 2006
Harbel, Liberia -- Bridgestone Corp., through its Firestone Natural Rubber Co. subsidiary, is makin…
Goodyear sells global tyre cord business to Hyosung for $80 m
Added: 7 Sep 2006
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has agreed to sell its global tyre cord operations in Lux…
News from elsewhere on the web 7/Sep/06
Added: 7 Sep 2006
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Amtel-Vredestein starts tyre production at Moscow Tyre Plant
Added: 7 Sep 2006
Moscow - Amtel-Vredestein NV has announced that it had started producing its Amtel brand tyres at i…
DSM and Durel develop train springs with TPE-E
Added: 7 Sep 2006
Sittard, Netherlands - DSM Engineering Plastics and Durel GmbH have developed a range of railway si…
Former head of Malaysia's rubber research body dies at 76
Added: 7 Sep 2006
Chennai, India -- Tan Sri Dr B.C. Sekhar, former director of the Rubber Research Institute of Malay…
Report analyses global thermoplastic elastomers industry
Added: 7 Sep 2006
Dublin - Corporate information broker Research and Markets has released a report on the global stat…
Nokian launches Hakka summer tyre range
Added: 6 Sep 2006
Helsinki - Nokian Tyres plc has launched a new summer tyre for rough, wet and grooved roads aimed a…
Dow and Air Products agree to global distribution deal for PU prepolymers
Added: 6 Sep 2006
Midland, Michigan - Dow Chemical Co. will become the exclusive global distributor of Air Products' …
Ten percent of UK motorists fail tread-depth test
Added: 6 Sep 2006
London - Yet another survey has found that UK motorists consistently ignore tread depth regulations…
Plymouth Rubber exits Chapter 11, is sold to Chrysalis
Added: 6 Sep 2006
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Plymouth Rubber and its subsidiary Brite-Line Technologies have both …
News from elsewhere on the web 6/Sept/06
Added: 6 Sep 2006
(12 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
GM lawsuit against Goodyear moves to federal court
Added: 6 Sep 2006
Detroit, Michigan - A lawsuit General Motors Corp. filed against Goodyear has moved to the US Distr…
Continental Tire North America names new CEO
Added: 6 Sep 2006
Charlotte, North Carolina - Continental Tire North America Inc. has reorganised its leadership stru…
BMW, Rolls-Royce recall vehicles for faulty shock absorber mounts
Added: 6 Sep 2006
Washington DC - BMW Group is recalling 11 600 BMW 5-, 6- and 7-series cars, model year 2006, for fa…
Industry body protests against Swedish government's restriction on flame retardant
Added: 5 Sep 2006
Brussels - The European Brominated Flame Retardant Industry Panel (EBFRIP) has condemned a Swedish …
