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DuPont Performance Elastomers president Lewis to retire
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Wilmington Delaware -- John "Jack" Lewis, president and CEO of DuPont Performance Elastomers will r…
Goodyear reports highest annual profit since 1998, despite loss in 4th quarter
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear reported record sales in 2005 of $19 700 million with net income of $228 mi…
MEMA joins US call for polychloroprene anti-dumping review
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Washington -- The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association, close on the heels of Gates Corp., h…
Toyo Tire reports double-digit sales, earnings growth
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Osaka, Japan -- Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. reported double-digit increases for sales and earnings …
Michelin budgets $26 million to expand US car tyre plant
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Paris -- Michelin North America Inc. will invest $26 million in its Greenville, South Carolina, pas…
Pirelli considers making tyre division a stand-alone company
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli & C. SpA´s board of directors are considering spinning off the firm´s ty…
Most BFS strikers go back to work in Liberia
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Harbel, Liberia -- Most of the nearly 6000 workers at the Bridgestone/Firestone natural rubber plan…
Michelin expanding Thai tyre plant in $94 million project
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Paris -- Michelin is investing $94 million to expand capacity for passenger tyres by about a third …
Michelin margins up in ´05 on better prices, tighter cost controls
Added: 20 Feb 2006
Paris -- Despite 15-percent higher raw materials costs last year, Michelin managed to increase its …
News from elsewhere on the web 13/Feb/2006
Added: 14 Feb 2006
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Synthetic rubber pioneer Samuel Horne Jr. dies at age 82
Added: 14 Feb 2006
Brecksville, Ohio - Samuel Horne, the research chemist credited with leading a team of scientists i…
Exhibition on tyres and rubber set for Shanghai in November
Added: 14 Feb 2006
Shanghai, China - The 6th International Exhibition on Tyres and Rubber Technology is scheduled to t…
Michelin will not show a single tyre at Geneva on press days
Added: 10 Feb 2006
Paris - Michelin has sent out emails to journalists inviting them to the Michelin stand at the Gene…
NR prices continue gradual decline from historic highs
Added: 10 Feb 2006
London -- Natural rubber prices are drifting downwards from their record highs of last week, but re…
News from elsewhere on the web 10/Feb/06
Added: 10 Feb 2006
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Continental sells Stankiewicz to Dutch investment group
Added: 9 Feb 2006
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hanover, Germany-Continental AG has sold its Stankiewicz GmbH unit to Dutch …
Volvo exec: Look outside for parts
Added: 9 Feb 2006
Mark Rechtin, Automotive News
LOS ANGELES -- Volvo Car Corp. has to set aside its pride.
Known for it…
NR prices recover a little, still close to historic highs
Added: 9 Feb 2006
London -- Natural rubber prices continue to yo-yo around historic highs.
In Tokyo the benchmark 6-…
Goodyear blimp goes electronic in a bid to beat ad-zappers
Added: 9 Feb 2006
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has struck a deal with TV broadcaster NBC to put advertisements on TV screen…
China ends EPDM dumping probe as Jilin withdraws complaint
Added: 9 Feb 2006
Beijing - China's Ministry of Commerce has reportedly ended its investigation into alleged dumping …
