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Freudenberg. Klüber offer advice on matching seal with lubricant
Added: 15 May 2006
Weinheim, Germany -Klüber Lubrication and Freudenberg Simrit have combined forces to offer designe…

News from elsewhere on the web 15/May/06
Added: 15 May 2006
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GM selects Hankook for more OE fitments in US
Added: 15 May 2006
Wayne, New Jersey - General Motors Corp. has selected the Hankook Optimo H725A all-season touring t…

Hefner chooses Berstorff roll-covering technology
Added: 12 May 2006
Stuttgart, Germany - Rubber roll manufacturer Hefner, based in Gärtringen near Stuttgart has selec…

Lanxess gives details of new Indian capacity
Added: 12 May 2006
Mumbai, India - Lanxess India has given the Indian press details of its proposed expansions in Indi…

Pirelli Tyre's sales and profits up substantially in Q1
Added: 12 May 2006
Milan, Italy - Pirelli's tyre sales exceeded €1000 million in the first quarter of 2006, for the …

UN says Liberia's rubber plantations are lawless
Added: 12 May 2006
source: IRIN
Monrovia, Liberia - Large areas of the Liberian countryside where former fighters contr…

Cooper Tire names director of modular manufacturing
Added: 12 May 2006
Findlay, Ohio - Cooper Tire and Rubber has named Jeff Schumaker as director of modular manufacturin…

Yokohama announces wide-ranging management re-shuffle
Added: 12 May 2006
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has made some changes in directorships. These become effecti…

Yokohama posts record profits in year to March
Added: 12 May 2006
Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has posted a 4.7 percent increase in operating income, to 21 9…

Yokohama sets out 12-year management plan
Added: 12 May 2006
Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has drafted a management plan for the 12 fiscal years to March…

News from elsewhere on the web 12/May/06
Added: 12 May 2006
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ETRMA replaces BLIC as European tyre and rubber organisation
Added: 11 May 2006
Brussels - European tyre and rubber manufacturers have created a new association - European Tyre & …

Fenner's profits jump in first half, plans investments in capacity
Added: 11 May 2006
Hessle, UK - Fenner plc has reported first-half profits almost double last year's equivalent figure…

Rubber prices continue upward trend
Added: 11 May 2006
Singapore - Natural rubber prices continued their upward push on Thursday, pushing prices yet high…

Kraton reports higher sales, profits in Q1
Added: 11 May 2006
Houston, Texas - Polymer Holdings LLC, parent company of Kraton Polymers LLC reported total revenue…

Saurer buys Day Intl's textile division
Added: 11 May 2006
Arbon, Switzerland - Saurer AG and Day International Inc. have agreed to transfer all of Day's Text…

News from elsewhere on the web 11/May/06
Added: 11 May 2006
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Cooper-Standard to close Canadian metal tube factory
Added: 11 May 2006
Novi, Michigan - Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. said it will close its Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, …

ExxonMobil Chemical, Mitsubishi to dissolve PP joint ventures
Added: 11 May 2006
Houston, Texas - ExxonMobil Chemical and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. will terminate joint venture agr…