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Friday's AIAG meeting on reducing warranty costs aimed at suppliers
Added: 10 May 2005
Detroit, Michigan--The US_based Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) is holding a one-day confer…

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Added: 10 May 2005
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Goodyear wins top awards
Added: 10 May 2005
Akron, Ohio--The Tire Industry Association has awarded Goodyear's wholly-owned subsidiary Wingfoot …

Freudenberg-Nok's new factory in Changchun opened
Added: 9 May 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Weinheim, Germany-Freudenberg and NOK are intensifying their joint activitie…

UK rubber processor Ferrabyrne in management buy out
Added: 9 May 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Littlehampton, UK-Rubber-to-metal bonding company Ferrabyrne Ltd has been bo…

BMW tops supplier survey
Added: 9 May 2005
By Jesse Snyder, Automotive News
BARCELONA, Spain -- European auto suppliers say they want to do mor…

Bridgestone to build BIRD plant in Hungary for HP car tyres
Added: 9 May 2005
Bridgestone Corporation has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Bridgestone Europe NV/SA wil…

Bosch boss: Stop pointing fingers
Added: 9 May 2005
By Bradford Wernle, Automotive News
BARCELONA, Spain - The chairman of the world's largest auto supp…

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Added: 9 May 2005
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Bridgestone reports sales up, profits down for Q1
Added: 9 May 2005
Tokyo--Bridgestone Corp. has release consolidated figures for the three months to 31 March, 2005. N…

Conti to raise passenger, light truck tyre prices in USA
Added: 9 May 2005
Charlotte. North Carolina--Continental Tire North America Inc. will raise prices on its passenger a…

South Dakota court throws out rubber chemicals case
Added: 6 May 2005
South Dakota--The Supreme Court of South Dakota has ruled that it has no jurisdiction over the issu…

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Added: 6 May 2005
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Biltrite completes purchase of Hercules custom mixing unit
Added: 6 May 2005
Findlay, Ohio)--Biltrite Industries has completed its purchase of the custom mixing business of Her…

Matzen & Timm supplies parts for new Airbus A380
Added: 5 May 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hamburg, Germany-Masterflex AG subsidiary Matzen & Timm GmbH is supplying so…

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Added: 5 May 2005
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India to extend EPDM anti-dumping probe to EU, US, China, Brazil -- report
Added: 5 May 2005
New Delhi--India's Hindu Business Line is eporting that the Indian Commerce Ministry has begun an i…

Goodyear reports record sales in Q1
Added: 5 May 2005
Akron, Ohio--Goodyear has said its first-quarter sales were the highest ever, at $4800 million, whi…

Conti pleased with progress in Czech Republic
Added: 5 May 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Otrokovice, Czech Republic-Continental AG says the EU's eastward growth has …

Slovakia announces new Hankook tyre factory
Added: 5 May 2005
Hankook has apparently confirmed that it will build a tyre plant in Slovakia, near Levice, about 14…