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CF Gomma resumes production as workers return
Added: 13 Jul 2006
Passirano, Italy - CF Gomma, which is being blamed for the temporary closure this week of several …
Fiat closes five plants awaiting deliveries from CF Gomma
Added: 13 Jul 2006
Turin, Italy -Â Fiat has closed five car making factories as it awaits deliveries of components fro…
News from elsewhere on the web 13/July/06
Added: 13 Jul 2006
(21 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Queretaro allowed to make Michelin brand tyres
Added: 13 Jul 2006
Queretaro, Mexico -Â Michelin-brand tyres are being produced for the first time in Mexico following…
Bridgestone to invest $50 million in Costa Rica
Added: 13 Jul 2006
Akron, Ohio -Â Bridgestone Corp. is investing $10 million per year over the next five years to upgr…
Cooper Tire drops out of S&P 500
Added: 12 Jul 2006
New York - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will lose its place in Standard & Poor's S&P 500 index after th…
Ban on tyre shred in landfill due to come into effect from Sunday
Added: 12 Jul 2006
Brussels -Â Shredded tyres will no longer be permitted in landfill waste sites from Sunday, 16 July…
Malaysian athletes to be based at Brickendonbury
Added: 12 Jul 2006
Kuala Lumpur -Â The Malaysian government has announced it intends to invest RM490 million (Euro 105…
Tenneco seeks new CEO as Frissora leaves for Hertz
Added: 12 Jul 2006
Lake Forest, Illinois - Tenneco Inc.has said that Mark Frissora, chairman, CEO and president, is le…
Dow launches elastomer based on olefin block copolymer
Added: 12 Jul 2006
Chicago, Illinois - Dow Chemical has introduced a new olefin elastomer based on block-copolymer tec…
News from elsewhere on the web 12/July/06
Added: 12 Jul 2006
(15 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
BFGoodrich to reduce production at Opelika tyre plant by Q4
Added: 12 Jul 2006
Opelika, Alabama - Michelin North America Inc.'s BFGoodrich tyre manufacturing unit plans to reduce…
News from elsewhere on the web 11/July/06
Added: 11 Jul 2006
(9 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…
IRSG offers elastomer outlook, rubber summit proceedings documents
Added: 11 Jul 2006
Wembley, UK - The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) is offering for sale both the proceedings…
Dana, Desc dissolve Mexican joint venture
Added: 11 Jul 2006
Toledo, Ohio - Dana Corp. and Desc SA de CV have completed the dissolution of their Mexican joint v…
Chinese intermodal tyre importers face headaches over mislabeling in US
Added: 11 Jul 2006
Washington, DC - Buyers of Chinese intermodal tyres are turning up their noses at tyres that don't …
Preferred Rubber integrates businesses under one name
Added: 11 Jul 2006
Barberton, Ohio - US-based custom mixer Preferred Rubber Compounding Corp. is re-naming its manufac…
Amtel-Vredestein names banker to board
Added: 10 Jul 2006
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Amtel-Vredestein N.V.,shareholders have confirmed the appointment of for…
Cooper Tire appoints IT project manager
Added: 10 Jul 2006
Findlay, Ohio -Â Cooper Tires has named Christine Fakes as information technology project manager i…
Saurer completes acquisition of Day's textile unit
Added: 10 Jul 2006
Dayton, Ohio - On 30 June, Saurer completed the acquisition of Day International's textile products…
