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Chinese Auto production shows slower growth
Added: 11 Oct 2004
Beijing--China's top 15 car makers reported slower growth in the first eight months of this year th…
Conti-Sime JV launches first 'Made-in-Malaysia' products
Added: 11 Oct 2004
Kuala Lumpur--Continental Sime Tyre Sdn Bhd (CST) has introduced its first products which are made …
Yokohama TPE could be used in tyres-report
Added: 11 Oct 2004
Tokyo--Yokohama Rubber Co has reportedly developed a thermoplastic rubber compound that could be us…
Conti puts Russia project on hold
Added: 8 Oct 2004
Hannover, Germany--Continental AG has put its joint venture with Moscow Tire on hold for the forsee…
Santa Barbara installs rubber sidewalks, to allow root pruning
Added: 8 Oct 2004
Santa Barbara, California--City authorities across California are planning to replace some concrete…
Spreading peace with rubber soles
Added: 8 Oct 2004
Vancouver, Canada--Canadian designer John Fluevog has brought out a range of footwear christened 'P…
Amtel shares go to private investors for $34.2 million
Added: 7 Oct 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Moscow-Amtel has sold ten percent of its outstanding shares to more than 20 …
Degussa expands Brazilian carbon black plant
Added: 7 Oct 2004
Frankfurt, Germany--Degussa AG has announced plans to expand its two-year-old carbon black factory …
FT reports on Michelin and Paris show
Added: 6 Oct 2004
London--The Financial Times has two long reports from the Paris auto salon, one looking at runflat …
Bridgestone to build steelcord plant in China
Added: 6 Oct 2004
Tokyo--Bridgestone Corp. has announced plans to build a steel cord plant in Shenyang, China. The co…
Specialty Tires to add radial capacity at Pa. plant
Added: 6 Oct 2004
INDIANA, Pa. (Oct. 5)--Specialty Tires of America Inc. plans to invest about $1 million in equipmen…
Pendle Polymer expands to £4.5-million turnover operation
Added: 5 Oct 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Colne, UK-UK rubber part maker Pendle Polymer Engineering Ltd has boosted it…
Conti lays cornerstone for Brazil tyre plant
Added: 5 Oct 2004
Hanover, Germany--Continental AG has laid the cornerstone for its next tyre plant. It wil be in Cam…
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 …
