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France replacement tyre market studied
Added: 26 Jun 2006
Dublin, Ireland - Information broker Research and Markets is selling a report covering the French m…

DuPont launches Kevlar-elastomer composite
Added: 26 Jun 2006
Ontario, Canada - DuPont's Canadian research unit has, after many years of research, finally starte…

Trelleborg results to be hit by higher NR prices
Added: 26 Jun 2006
Trelleborg, Sweden -Trelleborg's chief executive officer Peter Nilsson is this week telling invest…

News from elsewhere on the web 26/June/06
Added: 26 Jun 2006
(11 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

European automotive suppliers hold firm
Added: 26 Jun 2006
Vienna, Austria -Â European suppliers largely held their own against other regions among the top 10…

How Ford started to turn around relations with suppliers
Added: 26 Jun 2006
Vienna, Austria - Ford Motor has changed several policies to rebuild supplier relations damaged whe…

Automaker - supplier relations improve slightly
Added: 26 Jun 2006
Jesse Snyder | Automotive News Europe
Vienna, Austria - Automakers are treating suppliers a bit bett…

EU approves Conti's acquisition of Motorola electronics unit
Added: 23 Jun 2006
Hanover, Germany - Continental AG has received approvals to acquire the automotive electronics busi…

Lanxess EPDM used on Olympic stadium roof
Added: 23 Jun 2006
Tianjin, China -Â The roof of the Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium -Â which is due to host the socce…

Trelleborg's AVS unit wins ISO 14001
Added: 23 Jun 2006
Leicester, UK - Trelleborg Industrial's anti-vibration systems unit (AVS) has won ISO14001 for all…

US company sells personalised baby soothers
Added: 23 Jun 2006
Henderson, Nevada - A small company in Nevada is offering personalised baby pacifiers and soothers …

Stamford Tyres net profit jumps 80 percent to new record
Added: 23 Jun 2006
Singapore -Â Stamford Tyres Ltd, the Singapore-based tyre and wheel wholesaler, recorded sales up 3…

Goodyear, USWA agree new employment contract at SteelCord plant
Added: 23 Jun 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - The United Steelworkers (USW) said its members at Goodyear's Asheboro, N…

Michelin will not tender for F1 control tyre
Added: 23 Jun 2006
Paris - Michelin has said it will not respond to the FIA tender for Formula One tyre supply.
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SIR 20 reaches all-time high,
Added: 23 Jun 2006
Singapore - Standard Indonesian Rubber 20, the natural rubber grade used most often by US tyre make…

News from elsewhere on the web 23/June/06
Added: 23 Jun 2006
(18 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Group wants NHTSA to study recall results
Added: 23 Jun 2006
Washington DC- A safety consulting group with close ties to trial lawyers wants the US-based Nation…

Goodyear to cut US capacity as it exits part of private brand business
Added: 22 Jun 2006
Akron, Ohio - Citing a drive to exit low-profit businesses, Goodyear has said it is withdrawing fro…

Condoms do help prevent transmission of viral diseases - researchers
Added: 22 Jun 2006
Seattle, Washington State - A paper in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) repor…

Goodyear names blimp, 'Spirit of Innovation'
Added: 22 Jun 2006
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear christened its latest airship with the name Spirit of Innovation yesterday. …