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Amtel-Vredestein holds shareholder meeting

Added: 28 Jun 2006

Amsterdam, The Netherlands - At Amtel-Vredestein's annual shareholder meeting, the company gave a d…

Fulflex to close mixing, calendering plant in Vermont

Added: 28 Jun 2006

Brattleboro, Vermont - Fulflex Inc. plans to close its Brattleboro plant and move its rubber produc…

Santoprene celebrates 25 years

Added: 27 Jun 2006

Akron, Ohio - ExxonMobil celebrated 25 years of its Santoprene product range at the National Plasti…

Bridgestone says higher NR costs mean a third less profit

Added: 27 Jun 2006

Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp has issued a statement saying net profit for the year 2006 willl be 35 per…

Michelin to launch footwear under Michelin brand in US

Added: 27 Jun 2006

Nelsonville, Ohio - Groupe Michelin is further extending its brand name in North America with the l…

News from elsewhere on the web 27/June/06

Added: 27 Jun 2006

(8 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

EC clears €92m Hungarian aid package for Hankook tyre factory

Added: 27 Jun 2006

Brussels - The European Commission has authorised, under EC Treaty state aid rules, €92.6 million…

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 - 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 -  The roof of the Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium - 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 - 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…