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News from elsewhere on the web 03/Mar/06
Added: 3 Mar 2006
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Sumitomo sales, earnings up solidly in 2005
Added: 3 Mar 2006
Kobe, Japan - Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd., led by its tyre business, reported solid gains in ea…
TPMS systems not popular among car buyers, car makers
Added: 2 Mar 2006
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Geneva, Switzerland - Car makers at the Geneva motor show see little demand…
Goodyear to send clear messages to its customers
Added: 2 Mar 2006
Geneva, Switzerland -Arthur De Bok, president of Goodyear's European Union business, says he aims t…
Pirelli's X-Pressure Optic to go commercial
Added: 2 Mar 2006
Geneva, Switzerland - Pirelli first showed its X-Pressure Optic warning display system to the press…
News from elsewhere on the web 02/Mar/06
Added: 2 Mar 2006
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Vredestein may go for OE fitments
Added: 2 Mar 2006
Geneva, Switzerland - According to Marc Luyten, director of corporate marketing and sales for Vrede…
Yokohama puts ZPS tyre on Mitsubishi motor-in-wheel concept vehicle
Added: 2 Mar 2006
Geneva, Switzerland - Yokohama Rubber Co showed its Advan ZPS (for zero pressure system) runflat t…
Michelin re-vamps Bibendum
Added: 2 Mar 2006
Geneva, Switzerland - Bibendum revealed his latest look for the first time in Europe this week. Mic…
Bridgestone shows multi-chamber tyre at Geneva
Added: 2 Mar 2006
Brussels - Bridgestone Corp. announced this week the development of a multi-chamber tyre which has …
Cooper posts losses in quarter and year, despite higher sales
Added: 2 Mar 2006
Findlay, Ohio - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. posted higher sales for the fourth quarter and full year i…
West Pharmaceutical completes refinancing
Added: 2 Mar 2006
Lionville, Pennsylvania - Medical components manufacturer West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. has co…
Tenneco to make elastomer-based NVH parts in China
Added: 28 Feb 2006
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Shanghai, China-Tenneco Inc. announced 27 Feb that it is setting up a wholly…
Lanxess expanding TMQ production at Brunsbüttel by a third
Added: 28 Feb 2006
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Leverkusen-Lanxess is to raise capacity of its antidegradant TMQ (2,2,4-trim…
DSM says 'profits restored' in elastomers unit
Added: 28 Feb 2006
Geleen, The Netherlands - DSM said its 2005 results were strong, but that volumes in the elastomers…
Nokian reports higher sales in 2005
Added: 28 Feb 2006
Nokia, Finland -- Nokian Tyres' net sales in 2005 were up by 13.8 percent on the previous year to E…
Titan sales rise 2 percent in 2005, despite loss in Q4
Added: 27 Feb 2006
Quincy, Illinois - Titan International, Inc. reported a small increase in sales for the 12 months t…
Carmakers see partnerships as a cure for supplier problems
Added: 27 Feb 2006
Alex Graham, Automotive News
Automaker purchasing executives are increasing efforts to collaborate w…
'Roll-up' suppliers are rolling downhill
Added: 27 Feb 2006
Robert Sherefkin, Automotive News
A strategy that fueled massive consolidation of the US automotive …
Ford shops parts plants to Chinese
Added: 27 Feb 2006
By Alysha Webb, Automotive News
Shanghai, China - Ford Motor Co. is shopping some North American par…
