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AIAG revises RFID standard for tyres, wheels

Added: 29 Sep 2004

Detroit--The Industry Action Group (AIAG) has revised its standard on RFID tags for tyres and wheel…

Michelin unveils 2 airless tyre/wheel concepts

Added: 29 Sep 2004

PARIS (Sept. 24) -- Groupe Michelin is debuting two extended-mobility tyre innovations at the Paris…

Phelps Dodge revamps website

Added: 28 Sep 2004

Phelps Dodge, owner of Columbian Chemicals Company, the carbon black maker, has re-vamped its websi…

JK Tyre expands car, truck tyre capacity

Added: 28 Sep 2004

Indian tyre maker JK Tyre is reportedly investing Rs 1700 million (€30 million) to increase capac…

Nokian to start contract manufacturing of tyres in China

Added: 28 Sep 2004

By Liz White, ERJ staff

Nokia, Finland-Nokian Tyres plc has found a Chinese partner to make Nokian-b…

Pirelli, Conti in steelcord JV in Romania

Added: 28 Sep 2004

Pirelli SpA and Continental AG are reportedly on the point of setting up a steelcord joint venture …

Second ex-Crompton exec to plead guilty to price-fixing

Added: 24 Sep 2004

San Francisco, California-A second former Crompton Corp. executive, James Conway, has agreed to ple…

West Pharmaceutical blamed for fatal explosion in 2003

Added: 24 Sep 2004

West Pharmaceutical Services should have warned workers about the build-up of potentially explosive…

Rhodia increases silica prices

Added: 24 Sep 2004

By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor

Paris-Rhodia Silica Systems is to raise prices for its m…

Bridgestone and Conti in TPMS link

Added: 24 Sep 2004

By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor

Tokyo-Bridgestone Corp. and Continental AG are to jointl…

SSL completes sale of medical division with Silipos divestment

Added: 23 Sep 2004

By Liz White, ERJ staff

London- SSL International plc is to sell its Silipos business, which marks t…

Russian tyre company Amtel to sell 10 percent of stock

Added: 23 Sep 2004

By Liz White, ERJ staff

Moscow-Leading Russian tyre maker Amtel agreed 23 Sept to sell 10 percent of…

Wellington sees good margins, high order levels

Added: 23 Sep 2004

By Liz White, ERJ staff

Polymer seals specialist Wellington Holdings plc increased its turnover and …

Trelleborg's Forsheda unit expanding compounding

Added: 23 Sep 2004

By Liz White, ERJ staff

Nottingham, UK-Trelleborg Forsheda Building Systems AB has bought new equipm…

Tenneco Automotive to make rubber parts in Europe

Added: 23 Sep 2004

By Liz White, ERJ staff

Hanover, Germany-Tenneco Automotive has launched its elastomer business in E…

Conti signs MoU with Chinese tyre maker, Doublestar

Added: 22 Sep 2004

Continental AG has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Qingdao Doublest…

Mardec to increase rubber output in 2005

Added: 21 Sep 2004

Mardec Bhd will reportedly increase its output of rubber in 2005 by 25 percent, to 250 000 tonnes, …

Latex suppliers raising prices in Europe

Added: 21 Sep 2004

By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor

Basel, Switzerland/Marl, Germany-Two of Europe's leading …

Cooper aims to be top tyre maker in China in five years

Added: 21 Sep 2004

DETROIT (Sept 17) -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s top executive envisions Cooper becoming the largest…

Q&A: Michelin PAX

Added: 21 Sep 2004

By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor

After three years of trying in Europe, Groupe Michelin h…