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USWA, PACE unions to merge
Added: 12 Jan 2005
Nashville, Tennessee--Two of the nation's largest industrial unions are merging, banking that their…
Sri Lankan tyre company owner sets up appeal
Added: 11 Jan 2005
Sri Lanka--Pierre Pringiers, a Belgian national who is joint owner of the Sri Lankan solid tyre com…
Goodyear, Siemens claim most advanced tyre information system
Added: 11 Jan 2005
Detroit--Goodyear and Siemens VDO Automotive have developed a tyre information system dubbed "Tire …
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Added: 11 Jan 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Company launches highly elastic, conducting material
Added: 11 Jan 2005
Blacksburg, Virginia--A US company called Nanosonic Inc. has developed a material called Metal Rubb…
Michelin execs see 'Tweel' replacing pneumatic tyres
Added: 11 Jan 2005
DETROIT (Jan 10)--Michelin North America Inc. executives are touting the firm's "Tweel" non-pneumat…
Cooper Tire to buy 11 percent stake in Kumho Tire
Added: 10 Jan 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Findlay, Ohio-US tyre maker Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is to acquire some 11 p…
Lehmann & Voss buys Italian distributor
Added: 7 Jan 2005
Hamburg, Germany--Lehmann & Voss & Co has acquired Italian company Chem Import, and takes over all …
Bridgestone confirms plan to build two tyre plants
Added: 7 Jan 2005
Tokyo--Bridgestone Corp. has confirmed that it intends to build two new tyre plants at a total cost…
Zeon to raise NBR prices
Added: 7 Jan 2005
Louisville, Kentucky--Zeon Chemicals Inc. raised prices by 5 cents a pound on all nitrile rubbers …
Carlisle to exit Auto business, sell Engineered Products unit
Added: 7 Jan 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina--Carlisle Companies Inc. has issued a statement saying it intends to exit…
Bridgestone seeks real-life runflat stories
Added: 7 Jan 2005
Brussels--Bridgestone's European advertising and sales promotion
staff are seeking real-life runfla…
News from elsewhere on the web
Added: 7 Jan 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
First Chronos mixing line equipment supplied to Iran
Added: 6 Jan 2005
Nottingham, UK-The Chronos Richardson Batching Systems Group has secured its first order for a mixi…
Clemson Tyre conference scheduled for 9-11 March, 2005
Added: 6 Jan 2005
Hilton Head, South Carolina--Clemson University has set the dates and location for its annual Tire …
Union drops bid to organise at Goodyear wire factory
Added: 6 Jan 2005
Asheboro, North Carolina--The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) union has dropped a bid to unio…
Bridgestone donates ¥100 million for tsunami relief
Added: 6 Jan 2005
Bridgestone Corp has donated Â¥100 million (€722 000) to support relief efforts in nations affect…
Conti to invest in moulds, presses at Sarreguemines
Added: 6 Jan 2005
Sarreguemines, France--Continental AG is reportedly investing €20 million in moulds, machinery an…
Two tyre makers look to Poland for investments
Added: 6 Jan 2005
Warsaw--Two tyre makers are studying whether Poland is the right place for investments, according t…
Investor group bids to buy Dan River's rubber reinforcements business
Added: 6 Jan 2005
DANVILLE, Va. (Jan. 5)--Apparel and industrial textile producer Dan River Inc. has agreed to sell i…
