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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…

News from elsewhere on the web 22/August/06
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…

News from elsewhere on the web 21/August/06
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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Cadillac Rubber pumps $7.6 million into Michigan plants
Added: 18 Aug 2006
By Rhoda Miel
Cadillac, Michigan -- Cadillac Rubber & Plastics Inc. will invest $7.6 million (€5.9…

Federal Tire lifts tyre price by 7 percent
Added: 18 Aug 2006
Taipei -- Federal Tire Corp. will raise prices by 7 percent across its full line of tyres on 1 Oct.…

RohmNova to boost prices on styrene-containing emulsion polymers
Added: 18 Aug 2006
Mogadore, Ohio -- RohmNova, a joint venture of Rohm and Haas Co. and Omnova Solutions Inc., will li…