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Workers reject unionisation at Cooper's Georgia tyre plant
Added: 10 Jun 2005
Albany, Georgia -- Hourly employees at Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s Albany tyre plant have voted down…
BFS, USW reach tentative labour agreements
Added: 10 Jun 2005
St. Louis--Negotiators for Bridgestone/Firestone and the United Steelworkers union have reached ten…
Peter Nilsson takes over at Trelleborg as Arp moves to Volvo
Added: 10 Jun 2005
Trelleborg, Sweden--The Board of Directors of Trelleborg AB has appointed Peter Nilsson, currently …
EU endorses PAH delay to January 2010
Added: 9 Jun 2005
Brussels--The European Tyre Industry, represented by BLIC, says it welcomes the "PAHs in tyres/exte…
UK begins scheme to support tyre recycling
Added: 9 Jun 2005
London--WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) has begun work on developing and extending th…
Conti accredits 5000 tyre dealers to fit runflat tyres
Added: 9 Jun 2005
Continental AG announced today that over 5000 employees working in specialist tyre outlets across E…
Sarlink prices rise from July 1
Added: 9 Jun 2005
DSM Thermoplastic Elastomers will raise prices for Sarlink and Keltaflex product lines by 100 Euro …
Nokian Tyres starts production at Russian plant
Added: 9 Jun 2005
Vsevolozhsk, Russia --Nokian Tyres P.L.C.'s new plant in Vzevolozhsk has started production only 10…
Specialty tyre firms Galaxy, Dynamic planning to merge
Added: 9 Jun 2005
Malden, Massachusetts (June 8)--OTR tyre maker Galaxy Tire & Wheel Inc. and industrial tyre markete…
Apollo hits record with Q4 results
Added: 8 Jun 2005
Guragaon, Haryana-- Apollo Tyres Ltd. has announced its audited financial performance for Q4 2004-0…
Toyo Tire agrees deals with European tuners
Added: 8 Jun 2005
Tokyo (JCNN) - Toyo Tire & Rubber announced on June 6 that it has reached technical partner agreeme…
Pirelli site's fourth MIRS begins production
Added: 8 Jun 2005
Rome, Georgia--Pirelli Tire North America Inc. has started operating its fourth module at its Rome …
Eliokem raising Wingstay L prices 12%
Added: 8 Jun 2005
Villejust, France --Eliokem Inc. said it will boost the price of Wingstay L phenolic antioxidant by…
Conti agrees to sell Bryan plant to Germany's Rosler Group
Added: 8 Jun 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina--Continental Tire North America Inc. expects to sell its Bryan, Ohio, off…
Toyoda Gosei expands in Japan, Czech Republic
Added: 7 Jun 2005
Aichi, Japan--Toyoda Gosei has announced plans to expand sealing systems production in Japan and th…
US tyre makers start legal action over NHTSA pressure rule
Added: 7 Jun 2005
Washington, DC--major US tyre makers and their representative groups issued a lawsuit on Monday wit…
News fom elsewhere on the web
Added: 7 Jun 2005
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Added: 6 Jun 2005
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IRSG, IISRP to collaborate on statistics, forecasts for SR
Added: 6 Jun 2005
London and Houston--Two major statistical research groups are to collaborate on the gathering of st…
Goodyear supplies 20-inch tyres, wheels to Dodge Magnum SRT8
Added: 3 Jun 2005
Akron, Ohio--Goodyear Tire and Rubber says it is supplying 20-inch tyres and wheels to the 2006 Dod…
