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News from elsewhere on the web 31/July/06
Added: 31 Jul 2006
(13 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Bridgestone Australia to raise prices by 4 percent
Added: 31 Jul 2006
Bridgestone Australia Ltd will raise the price of a number of its tyre products by up to four perce…
Female condom maker reports 34 percent revenue growth
Added: 31 Jul 2006
Chicago, Illinois - Female condom manufacturer Female Health Company announced a 34 percent increas…
Carmakers rescue Australian parts suppliers
Added: 28 Jul 2006
By Kate Tilley
Melbourne, Australia -- Seven auto manufacturers, including Ford, GM Holden and Toyot…
Michelin suffers from surging raw materials costs
Added: 28 Jul 2006
Paris - Michelin said its raw materials costs for the first six months of 2006 are up by 21 percent…
Pirelli Tyre income up 7.5 pc to €201 m; revenue up 12.4 pc to €2018 m
Added: 28 Jul 2006
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli Tyre reported a 7.5 percent rise in income from ordinary operations of €2…
Firestone Natural Rubber to help ship humanitarian aid to Liberia
Added: 28 Jul 2006
Indianapolis, Indiana -- Firestone Natural Rubber Company, which runs a rubber plantation in Liberi…
Bekaert steelcord sales rise 38 percent in China
Added: 28 Jul 2006
Kortrijk, Belgium -Â NV Bekaert SA said sales of steelcord into China increased by 38 percent in th…
Pirelli sells 39 percent of Tyre unit to banks
Added: 28 Jul 2006
Milan, Italy - Following the failed IPO launch of Pirelli Tyre last month, Pirelli SpA has agreed w…
US industrial rubber market to hit $17 m by 2010: study
Added: 28 Jul 2006
Cleveland, Ohio -- Demand for industrial rubber products in the US is expected to increase by 2.9 p…
Flexsys wins another lawsuit over 4-ADPA patents
Added: 28 Jul 2006
Washington DC - Flexsys America has won another court case in its battle to prevent Chinese chemica…
Farrel Corp buys assets of Gumix
Added: 28 Jul 2006
Barcelona, Spain -Â The future of troubled machinery maker Gumix SA is now secure. US-based Farrel …
Pirelli announces new truck tyre policy in UK
Added: 27 Jul 2006
Bruntingthorpe, UK -- Pirelli UK has announced a new strategy in the truck tyre sector. The approac…
Remington Tire Distributors buys President Tire
Added: 27 Jul 2006
Sherwood Park, Canada -- Canadian tyre wholesaler Remington Tire Distributors Inc. has announced t…
News from elsewhere on the web 27/July/06
Added: 27 Jul 2006
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
DSM elastomer profits lower; group net profit up 18 percent
Added: 27 Jul 2006
Amsterdam - Royal DSM NV's elastomer operation announced a lower-than-expected operating profit for…
Goodyear set to raise truck tyre prices in North America by up to 5 percent
Added: 26 Jul 2006
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear will raise prices on its Goodyear, Dunlop and Kelly radial medium truck tyr…
NHTSA opens inquiry into 100000 Cooper tyres
Added: 26 Jul 2006
Findlay, Ohio -- The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last week opened an …
Carlisle posts 61 percent rise in second quarter income to $56 m
Added: 26 Jul 2006
Charlotte, North Carolina - Carlisle Companies Inc. has reported a net income of $56 million (€44…
US condom sales tipped to reach $444 m by 2010
Added: 26 Jul 2006
New York - Condom sales in the US are tipped to reach $444 million (€352.6 million) by 2010, acco…
