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Gates to exit airspring business, sell assets
Added: 5 Oct 2004
Denver, Colorado--Gates Corp is exiting the airspring business and plans to sell its assets in that…
Trelleborg buys Norwegian pipe seals maker
Added: 5 Oct 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Trelleborg. Sweden-Trelleborg Group is to expand its aftermarket sales for p…
JK Tyre plans to enter 2- and 3-wheeler market in India
Added: 5 Oct 2004
Mumbai, India--JK Tyre plans to enter the fast-growing Indian two- and three-wheeler tyre sector, a…
Michelin to help Chinese steelcord producer
Added: 5 Oct 2004
Paris--Groupe Michelin has reportedly signed a partnership agreement with a Chinese steel producer …
Daikin buys US fluoroelastomer compounder - report
Added: 5 Oct 2004
Tokyo--Daikin Industries Ltd has reportedly bought US-based fluoro-elastomer compounder, Cri-Tech T…
Degussa U.K. pleads guilty to price-fixing in organic peroxides
Added: 5 Oct 2004
WASHINGTON (Oct. 4)--Degussa U.K. Holdings Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $1.5 million f…
Goodyear breaks ground at Kelly's Fayetteville site
Added: 4 Oct 2004
Fayetteville, North Carolina--Goodyear Tire and Rubber has broken ground on two expansion projects …
Goodyear cuts 250 jobs at Union City, Tennessee
Added: 4 Oct 2004
Paducah, Kentucky--Goodyear Tire and Rubber has announced plans to cut a further 250 jobs from its …
Dichtomatic adds O-ring business with American Seal acquisition
Added: 4 Oct 2004
Plymouth, Michigan--Freudenberg-NOK has acquired the assets of American Seal Inc. of Houston. Term…
Keegan brings in former colleague to lead Goodyear's Asian division
Added: 4 Oct 2004
Akron, 3 October--Goodyear Tire and Rubber has announced that Pierre Cohade will take over from Hug…
Nokian sells bicycle tyre unit to Teknikum Oy
Added: 4 Oct 2004
NOKIA, Finland (Oct. 1)--Nokian Tyres P.L.C. is selling its bicycle tyre business to a new business…
Surgical glove market undergoes price war
Added: 1 Oct 2004
London--A survey of the European surgical glove market has revealed that it is currently undergoing…
Metro begins shipping tyres under 'Metro-Continental' brand
Added: 1 Oct 2004
Chennai, India--Metro Tyres Ltd. has started shipping "Metro-Continental"-brand tyres for two-wheel…
Freudenberg-NOK named as one of the 'Best and Brightest'
Added: 1 Oct 2004
Detroit, Michigan--Freudenberg-NOK has, for the third successive year, been named as one of Detroit…
Yokohama Rubber merges hose company, fittings unit
Added: 1 Oct 2004
Tokyo--Yokohama Rubber is to merge its hose-making operations with its hose-fittings unit, Yokohama…
RBX is dead, long live Rubatex International
Added: 1 Oct 2004
Bedford, Virginia--SEDO Chemicals Neoprene GmbH has bought a factory, some machinery and other asse…
Dow Europe hikes SR prices
Added: 30 Sep 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Horgen, Switzerland-Dow Europe GmbH is increasing its pr…
Bridgestone opens tyre factory in Wuxi, China
Added: 30 Sep 2004
Shanghai, China--Bridgestone Corp. held the official opening ceremony for its third Chinese tyre pl…
Bridgestone increases stake in S African retailer
Added: 30 Sep 2004
Bridgestone Corp. has reportedly bought more equity in the South African tyre retail chain, Maxipre…
Conti threatens to take Tech centre abroad
Added: 30 Sep 2004
Continental AG has reportedly told employees at its Hanover tech centre that it will move some acti…
