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Goodyear rolls out fuel-efficient tyres based on new technology
Added: 23 Aug 2006
San Angelo, Texas -- Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has launched three fuel-efficient line-haul tyres…
Teknor Apex to shut down rubber division
Added: 23 Aug 2006
Pawtucket, Rhode Island -- Teknor Apex Co. will phase out its rubber division over the next several…
Huber to hike prices for kaolin clay line
Added: 23 Aug 2006
Atlanta, Georgia -- J.M. Huber Corp.'s Huber Engineered Materials unit will raise prices for its No…
MEMA: Chinese auto aftermarket to triple over next decade
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Research Triangle, North Carolina -- China's automotive aftermarket will triple in value to about $…
Bandag 2Q sales up 9 pc, earnings down 17 pc
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Muscatine, Iowa - Bandag, Inc. reported a nine percent rise in second quarter net sales to $247.3 m…
Chinese OTR tyre maker agrees licence deal with Amerityre
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Pingdu, China - China's Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co. Ltd has entered into a licence agreement with Ame…
Malaysia's production of NR fell in June
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's production of natural rubber in June 2006 was 96 114 tonnes, an increase …
ExxonMobil Chemical releases manual for its Santoprene TPVs
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Akron, Ohio - ExxonMobil Chemical has produced a technical manual for uses of its Santoprene thermo…
Report analyses global auto parts industry
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Dublin - Corporate analysis firm Research and Markets has published a new report on the global stat…
Handbags made from recycled inner tubes
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Richmond, Virginia - A US company is buying up old inner tubes and turning them into womens' handba…
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Added: 22 Aug 2006
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Cabot opens Chinese carbon black plant
Added: 21 Aug 2006
Tianjin, China - Cabot Corp. has announced the start-up of its carbon black manufacturing plant in …
Report lists Chinese TPMS suppliers
Added: 21 Aug 2006
Dublin, Ireland - A new Chinese-language report lists 34 Chinese suppliers of tyre pressure monitor…
Court re-opens Flexsys' case against Kumho, KKPC
Added: 21 Aug 2006
Ohio -Â Following a ruling by the International Trade Commission, the US District Court for the Nor…
Trelleborg opens sealing plant in China
Added: 21 Aug 2006
Stockholm, Sweden - Trelleborg Group has opened a new manufacturing plant in China's Shanghai regio…
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Added: 21 Aug 2006
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Omnova Solutions lifts latex price in North America
Added: 18 Aug 2006
Fairlawn, Ohio -- Omnova Solutions Inc. will increase the price of vinylpyridine and non-carboxylat…
6300 employees are set to leave Delphi
Added: 18 Aug 2006
By David Barkholz
Detroit, Michigan -- Delphi Corp. has announced that 6300 hourly employees represe…
Tomkins to boost operational outlook in the next 12 months: Morgan Stanley
Added: 18 Aug 2006
London - The operational outlook of Tomkins plc will improve in the next 12 months and the company'…
News from elsewhere on the web 18/August/06
Added: 18 Aug 2006
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