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Conti to set up global IT unit in India
Added: 1 Sep 2006
New Delhi, India -Â Continental AG,has announced plans to set up a Global IT Competence Centre in I…
Michelin to lay off 90 at Dundee plant in January
Added: 1 Sep 2006
By Mark Gertskis.
London - Michelin is seeking 90 voluntary redundancies at its Dundee factory but p…
JADE releases details of rubber futures contract
Added: 1 Sep 2006
Singapore - The Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE) has released the details of its Technically…
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres joins IRSG
Added: 1 Sep 2006
London -- Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Ltd has joined the International Rubber Study Group's panel of asso…
News from elsewhere on the web 1/Sept/06
Added: 1 Sep 2006
(15 stories)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers …
Liberia, United Nations move to repossess Sinoe rubber plantation
Added: 1 Sep 2006
Monrovia -- The United Nations has promised to help the Liberian government repossess the Sinoe nat…
RMA: Tread rubber shipments to rise 1.7% in US
Added: 1 Sep 2006
Washington -- US tread rubber shipments should rise 1.7 percent through the rest of 2006, according…
Omya lifts calcium carbonate prices
Added: 1 Sep 2006
Atlanta, Georgia -- Omya Inc, the North American arm of Swiss firm Omya AG, will raise the price fo…
Bridgestone overtakes Michelin as largest tyre maker
Added: 31 Aug 2006
London - Bridgestone Corp. has supplanted Michelin as the world's largest tyre maker, based on its …
BASF lifts price of styrene-butadiene block copolymer in Europe
Added: 31 Aug 2006
Ludwigshafen, Germany - BASF AG will raise the price of its Styrolux styrene-butadiene block copoly…
Chemical industry researcher joins IRSG
Added: 31 Aug 2006
London -- SRI Consulting, a division of US information company Access Intelligence LLC, has joined …
European firms choose US, China for tech centres
Added: 31 Aug 2006
Brussels -Â European companies will increase spending on R&D in the coming years, but see the US, G…
Nokian launches forest machine radial tyre
Added: 31 Aug 2006
Helsinki - Nokian Tyres plc has launched a radial forestry tyre especially designed for medium-size…
News from elsewhere on the web 31/August/06
Added: 31 Aug 2006
(14 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Sumitomo Rubber earnings slip on higher sales
Added: 31 Aug 2006
Kobe, Japan - Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.s operating income fell 10.4 percent in the first half…
Michelin pumps €22.5 m into Nova Scotia steel cord plant
Added: 30 Aug 2006
Bridgewater, Canada -- Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. will spend $28.9 million (€22.5 milli…
DuPont plans €78 m expansion of Nomex fibre production
Added: 30 Aug 2006
Wilmington, Delaware - DuPont will invest more than $100 million (€78 million) in a three-part ex…
Latest report on global auto suppliers available from Research and Markets
Added: 30 Aug 2006
Dublin - Corporate analysis firm Research and Markets has released the latest issue of its monthly …
Avon Rubber sells UK plant then leases it back
Added: 30 Aug 2006
Wiltshire, UK -- Avon Rubber plc has sold its Wiltshire plant to Clerical Medical Managed Fund for …
Oilgear agrees to €24 m takeover by Mason Wells
Added: 30 Aug 2006
Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Fluid power components supplier Oilgear Co. has announced a $31.1 million (…
