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Hexagon buys US wheel maker Trostel SEG
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Stockholm-Swedish group Hexagon has bought the wheel-making division of Tros…
Amtel gains $70 million equity backing
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Tyre maker Amtel Holland Holdings NV added private equity capital totaling $…
EU car registrations climb in June
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Brussels--Car registrations in Europe grew stongly in June, compared to the same month a year ago. …
FIA clears 'Michelin seven'
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Paris--The FIA has cleared the seven Michelin-shod teams of any wrongdoing at the US Grand Prix at …
Lord expands MR fluid capacity
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Cary, North Carolina--Lord Corp. will expand production of its full complement of proprietary magne…
Michelin sells Indiana tyre cord plant to Hyosung
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Scottsburg, Indiana --Michelin North America Inc. and Hyosung America Inc., an affiliate of Hyosung…
Cellular Rubber buys assets of Roulunds Codan (Wales).
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Ystrad Mynach, Wales--Hampshire-based rubber manufacturer, Cellular Developments Limited (CDL), has…
Study reports on history, technology and markets for windshield wipers
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Dublin, Ireland --Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Market Review Of Automo…
TPMS market to be worth $1700 million
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Boston, Massachusetts--TPMS (tyre pressure monitoring systems) "will become the fastest growing aut…
Okamoto buys outstanding shares in Ichijiku
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Tokyo--Japanese rubber goods maker Okamoto Industries has announced a plan to buy the remaining sha…
Canadian company invests in mould-making plant Poland
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Tychy, Poland--A Canadian company, Micro Moules Inc. has won a tender to build a factory in the sou…
Ford deposition contradicts 6-year recommendation on tyre replacement, tyre pundits say
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Washington, DC--A Ford polymer scientist's deposition in a Texas court case partially contradicts F…
Rep adopts independent agent in UK
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Slough, UK--Olly Sanders, former general manager of Rep Machinery UK has set up a company called Re…
MonTech found guilty of falsifying ISO 17025 document
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Buchen, Germany--A second court has upheld the initial ruling that Hubert Bäuerlein, head of MonTe…
Akzo Nobel increases Organic Peroxide prices
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Amersfoort, Netherlands--Effective August 1st, 2004 or as contracts allow, Akzo Nobel Polymer Chem…
Michelin wins $92 million contract from US department of Defense
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Washington DC--Michelin Aircraft Tire Corp., Greenville, South Carolina is being awarded $92,884,32…
Iranian auto industry growing fast
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Dublin--Research and Markets has announced the addition of Automotive Industry & Market of Iran 200…
Goodyear, Titan extend farm tyre sale deadline
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Akron, Ohio --Goodyear and Titan International Inc. have changed the deadline of their agreement fo…
Toyota tops German J.D. Power study
Added: 14 Nov 2005
MUNICH - Toyota ranked No. 1 in overall customer satisfaction in Germany in a study by J.D. Power a…
Carmakers are dropping 250kph speed limiters
Added: 14 Nov 2005
London--Premium automakers are quietly abandoning their informal agreement that limits the top spee…
