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Lower volume dampens Goodyear profitability in 2nd quarter
Added: 7 Aug 2006
Akron, Ohio -- Weak demand in the North American consumer
replacement market kept a lid on GoodyearÂ…
Goodyear´s Engineered Products sale process started
Added: 7 Aug 2006
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear began marketing its Engineered Products
business unit to potential buyers in…
Goodyear expands cost-cutting goals for 2008
Added: 7 Aug 2006
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear Chairman and CEO Robert Keegan said he will
seek to cut "more than $1000 mil…
Matador sales, earnings up in 1st half
Added: 7 Aug 2006
Bratislava, Slovak Republic -- Slovak tyre and rubber products
maker Matador A.S. reported double-di…
Cooper expects Kenda venture in China on-stream in ´06
Added: 7 Aug 2006
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. expects its tyre
production joint venture in China with Ta…
Gates Corp. buys ENZED-Fleximak
Added: 7 Aug 2006
Denver, Colorado --Â Gates Corp., the largest non-tyre manufacturer of
automotive and industrial pr…
GM sues Goodyear over supply dispute
Added: 4 Aug 2006
Warren, Michigan - General Motors Corp. is suing Goodyear, accusing the tyre maker of halting shipm…
CF Gomma refinances
Added: 4 Aug 2006
Passirano, Milan -Â C F Gomma, the Italian automotive supplier has completed a re-structuring of it…
Sales, profits up at Tomkins in first half
Added: 4 Aug 2006
London - Tomkins PLC, owner of Gates Corp., has reported increased sales and profits for the six mo…
Hexion changes name of Latices for Europe
Added: 4 Aug 2006
Columbus Ohio - Hexion Specialty Chemicals is renaming its full range of polymer dispersions in Eur…
Cardinal Health reports earnings up by 10 percent
Added: 4 Aug 2006
Dublin, Ohio -Â Cardinal Health has reported fourth-quarter and fiscal 2006 results, with full-year…
Cabot to delist from Pacific Exchange
Added: 4 Aug 2006
Boston, Massachusetts - Cabot Corp. has said it intends to withdraw its common stock from listing o…
News from elsewhere on the web 4/Aug/06
Added: 4 Aug 2006
(7 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…
Cooper posts second-quarter loss, expects demand to improve
Added: 4 Aug 2006
Findaly, Ohio - Facing "extraordinarily" weak replacement demand in North America and high raw mate…
Cooper chief Thomas Dattilo resigns
Added: 4 Aug 2006
Findlay, Ohio - Thomas Dattilo has resigned as chairman, president and CEO of Cooper Tire & Rubber …
Bridgestone to close plant in Chile by year-end
Added: 4 Aug 2006
Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone Firestone Chile SA will close its multipurpose tyre plant in Coq…
DSM raises prices for EPDM-based TPEs
Added: 3 Aug 2006
Heerlen, the Netherlands - DSM Thermoplastic Elastomers will raise its prices for the Sarlink, Kelp…
ERJ publishes updated European tyre map
Added: 3 Aug 2006
London -Â ERJ is publishing its updated and revised map of European tyre factories. The new wallcha…
Conti reports steady progress in H1, despite raw materials increases
Added: 3 Aug 2006
Hanover, Germany -Â In the first six months of 2006, Continental AG's consolidated sales rose 6.2 p…
Freudenberg-NOK acquires Imperial Rubber of Canada
Added: 3 Aug 2006
Plymouth, Michigan - Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership has acquired the assets of Imperial Rubber…
