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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…

ZG Boge Elastmetall sets up Chinese JV

Added: 4 May 2005

By Liz White, ERJ staff

Friedrichshafen, Germany-ZF Boge Elastmetall, the rubber-metal technology di…

Leggett & Platt buys Foamex's carpet cushion business

Added: 4 May 2005

LINWOOD, Pa. (April 29)--Foamex International Inc. has sold its rubber and felt carpet cushion busi…

Cooper declares quarterly dividend

Added: 4 May 2005

Findlay, Ohio - Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has announced a quarterly dividend of 10.5 cents per s…

TPV conference set for 25,26 May in Brussels

Added: 4 May 2005

London--A conference titled TPVs 2005 will be held on 25, 26 may in the Marriott Hotel. Brussels. S…

Magnifoam to webcast AGM on 11 May

Added: 4 May 2005

Toronto, Ontario--Magnifoam Technology International Inc. has announced its intention to webcast it…

Kline reports on synthetic latex polymers

Added: 4 May 2005

Little Falls, new Jersey--A recently published study from Kline & Company examines the manufacturin…

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Added: 4 May 2005

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Conti announces higher earnings, sales for Q1

Added: 4 May 2005

Hannover, Germany--Continental AG says it "remains on course for success, having boosted its sales …

Syndial--a.k.a. Enichem--to plead guilty in chloroprene price-fixing case

Added: 4 May 2005

WASHINGTON (May 2)--Syndial S.p.A., the former Enichem S.p.A., has agreed to plead guilty and pay a…