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Mercedes plays 'hardball' with suppliers
Added: 3 May 2005
By Klaus-Dieter Flörecke and Harald Hamprecht, AutomobileWoche
STUTTGART -- Mercedes-Benz has incre…
European group studies tires with traction sensors
Added: 3 May 2005
By Lindsay Chappell, Automotive News Europe / May 02, 2005
DETROIT -- A European industry consortium…
Trelleborg to buy Australian rubber sheet maker Armwest
Added: 3 May 2005
TRELLEBORG, Sweden (April 28)--Trelleborg A.B. has agreed to buy Armwest Pty. Ltd., a Perth, Austra…
Herman Hochschwender dies at age 85
Added: 3 May 2005
NAPLES, Florida -- Herman K. Hochschwender, 85, chairman and former CEO of Smithers Scientific Serv…
Yulex forms Scientific Advisory Board
Added: 3 May 2005
CARLSBAD, Calif. (May 2)--Yulex Corp. has formed a Scientific Advisory Board of latex allergy exper…
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Added: 3 May 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
EuroParliament committee agrees to extend PAH deadline to 2010
Added: 27 Apr 2005
Brussels--The European Parliament environment committee voted last Wednesday (20 April) to extend t…
Bridgestone confirms fourth Chinese tyre plant
Added: 27 Apr 2005
Tokyo--Bridgestone Corp. has announced plans to build a fourth tyre plant in China. The new plant w…
Amtel completes purchase of Vredestein Banden
Added: 26 Apr 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Moscow - Russian group Amtel Holdings Holland NV has completed its acquisiti…
Lanxess aims to raise rubber chemicals profitability
Added: 26 Apr 2005
Cologne Germany--Lanxess AG is increasing prices of rubber chemicals at the expense of market share…
Lanxess rubber unit increases profit faster than sales
Added: 26 Apr 2005
Cologne, Germany--Lanxess AG posted a loss at its first annual result conference. The company said …
James Dawson gains Queen's Award for Enterprise
Added: 22 Apr 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Lincoln, UK-Fenner plc unit James Dawson & Son Ltd has been given a Queen's …
News from elsewhere on the web
Added: 22 Apr 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Marangoni begins expansion at Tenn. plant
Added: 22 Apr 2005
Madison, Tennessee--Marangoni Tread North America Inc. has begun an expansion of its Madison Ringtr…
Cooper posts higher sales, but strike puts Q1 into loss
Added: 22 Apr 2005
Findlay, Ohio--While Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. posted a 7.1-percent gain on net sales in the first q…
West Pharmaceutical reports earnings, sales increases in first quarter
Added: 22 Apr 2005
LIONVILLE, Pa. (April 21)--Medical components manufacturer West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. posted…
Hexagon executives invest SKr 131 million
Added: 22 Apr 2005
Stockholm-Around 30 senior managers in the Hexagon group have spent a total of SKr 133 million (Eur…
FDA panel approves one silicone implant application, rejects another
Added: 22 Apr 2005
Washington-An advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration has voted 7-2 to conditionally …
Beru lifts sales, profits hit by takeover fees
Added: 22 Apr 2005
Ludwigsburg, Germany, -- BERU AG has increased sales revenues for the 12 months to March 31, 2005 b…
Teijin to expand Twaron capacity again
Added: 21 Apr 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Tokyo-Teijin Ltd and Teijin Twaron BV are to raise capacity for the high-per…
