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SKF Group profit up 22.6 percent; sales up 5 percent

Added: 2 Aug 2006

Gothenburg, Sweden -- The SKF Group, a global supplier of elastomeric and bearing products, posted …

Amtel-Vredestein makes it into Guinness Book of Records

Added: 1 Aug 2006

Moscow - Amtel-Vredestein appears in the latest edition of the "Guiness Book of World Records" for …

News from elsewhere on the web 1/Aug/06

Added: 1 Aug 2006

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

Performance Fibers raises PET prices in US

Added: 1 Aug 2006

Richmond, Virginia - Performance Fibers has said it will increase prices on its polyester high-tena…

Hartest Precision Instruments completes restructure

Added: 1 Aug 2006

London - Hartest Precision Instruments, the parent company of Wallace Instruments, has finished a t…

Titan's sales, profits grow in second quarter

Added: 31 Jul 2006

Quincy, Illinois -- Titan International Inc. posted higher sales and net profits for its second qua…

Aditya Birla Nuvo posts Q1 results

Added: 31 Jul 2006

Mumbai, India - Aditya Birla Nuvo has posted record sales for the three months ending 30 June, 2006…

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 - 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 - 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…