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Continental to invest in brakes plant in Slovakia
Added: 29 Oct 2004
Hanover, Germany-Continental AG is to spend Euros 60 million over the next five years on a new faci…
Continental in a hurry to incorporate Phoenix
Added: 28 Oct 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hanover, Germany-Continental AG wants to consolidate its ContiTech subsidiar…
Chinese tyre market has bright future-according to Bekaert
Added: 28 Oct 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Shenyang, China-Steel tyre cord maker Bekaert confirmed its confidence in th…
Cabot to close Carbon black plant in Altona, Australia
Added: 28 Oct 2004
Boston, Mass. --Cabot Corp. has said it intends to close its carbon black production plant in Alton…
Rapra report into light vehicle tyres available on R&M
Added: 28 Oct 2004
Dublin--Research and Markets is now selling the report from Rapra Technology into light vehicle tyr…
MTS sells multiple treadwear testers to unidentified tyre maker
Added: 28 Oct 2004
Eden Prairie, Minnesota--MTS Systems said it has sold a number of its newly-developed Model 860 tre…
Chinese car makers think Westerners are fickle
Added: 28 Oct 2004
Beijing--The history of Western car makers' investment in China suggests that they may be fickle in…
United Polymers future in question as administrators go in
Added: 27 Oct 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Birmingham, UK-Rubber and plastics group United Polymers Ltd is up for sale.…
Vietnamese look for bright future in rubber
Added: 27 Oct 2004
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam--In a long report, the Voice of Vietnam gives details of the progress of …
Michelin invests €400 m in power plant for Cuneo
Added: 27 Oct 2004
Paris--Elyo Italia, a joint-venture unit of SUEZ, the French utilities giant and ERG Petroli, has a…
Yokohama to double capacity at Philippines tyre plant
Added: 27 Oct 2004
TOKYO (Oct. 26)--Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. plans to more than double production capacity at its Yoko…
Rubber Division names 5 award winners, but no Goodyear Medalist
Added: 27 Oct 2004
Akron, Ohio--The ACS Rubber Division has named five winners of its science and technology awards, b…
Conti-Phoenix merger approved
Added: 26 Oct 2004
Brussels--The European Commission has approved Continental AG's takeover of Phoenix AG. In order to…
UK firm in solid tyre deal with Conti
Added: 26 Oct 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Lydney, UK-Watts Industrial Tyres plc, a major UK-based maker of industrial …
Trelleborg talks with unions about closing Swedish tyre factory
Added: 26 Oct 2004
Trelleborg, Sweden--Trelleborg AB has announced its third quarter results and simultaneously said i…
Rubber-covered beach house in Dungeness wins award
Added: 26 Oct 2004
London-A beach house covered with rubber, built on Dungeness beach in the UK, has won an award name…
China's NR consumption will continue to rise
Added: 26 Oct 2004
Guangzhou, China--An official with the Chinese government has forecast further increases in China's…
Junma Tyre Cord's Singapore listing to go ahead in November
Added: 26 Oct 2004
Singapore--Chinese company Junma Tyre Cord is continuing with plans to list on Singapore's SESDAQ e…
Gajah Tunggal transfers ownership of tyre cord, synthetic rubber units
Added: 26 Oct 2004
Jakarta--PT Gajah Tunggal is reportedly transferring some assets from its PT GT Petrochem Industrie…
Michelin: Improved pricing, mix offset raw materials costs
Added: 26 Oct 2004
PARIS (Oct. 25)--Despite a sales slowdown in the third quarter, Groupe Michelin still expects to me…
