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New Bridgestone CEO: Expect end to Ford feud
Added: 16 Feb 2004
By Richard Truett, Automotive News
Chicago, Illinois-The icy relationship between Ford Motor Co. and…
Bridgestone - Amtel mystery deepens
Added: 13 Feb 2004
A spokesman for Bridgestone Europe has absolutely denied press reports that it has struck "a prelim…
NHTSA release tyre safety ratings for 2004
Added: 13 Feb 2004
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released data on tyre safety for 2004. Th…
SEC formally probes Goodyear
Added: 12 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Akron, Ohion-The US Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a fo…
Dow to make new elastomers
Added: 12 Feb 2004
By: Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Horgen, Switzerland-Dow Chemical Co. has launched a new …
Vibracoustic N America names Abboud as president
Added: 12 Feb 2004
Freudenberg-NOK, has appointed Pierre Y. Abboud as president of its North American Vibracoustic bus…
Conti mulls adding tyre plant in Brazil
Added: 12 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Hanover, Germany-Continental AG is evaluating sites in Brazil and the Ba…
DSM Elastomers under pressure
Added: 11 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Heerlen, The Netherlands-DSM Elastomers' margins remain …
Freudenberg plans to acquire Chem-Trend
Added: 11 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Weinheim, Germany-Freudenberg & Co., the German holding company of Freud…
Iran tyre cord player emerges
Added: 10 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Tehran-Saba Tire Cord Manufacturing Complex of Iran has …
Sumitomo Electric to double steelcord production for tyres
Added: 10 Feb 2004
Osaka, Japan-Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd is to double the capacity of its tyre steel cord prod…
Bekaert boosts Asian steel cord production
Added: 10 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Kortrijk, Belgium-Bekaert has officially inaugurated its …
Suppliers oppose Ford's new terms
Added: 9 Feb 2004
By Bradford Wernle and Edmund Chew, Automotive News Europe
Brussels-Many auto suppliers are refusin…
Cooper posts record sales in fourth quarter
Added: 9 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Findlay, Ohio-Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., coming off a record-setting four…
GE to skip K2004
Added: 9 Feb 2004
By Frank Esposito, Plastics News Staff
Pittsfield, Massachusetts-GE Advanced Materials-the newly for…
Koch not replacing McCracken, names industrial fibres boss
Added: 6 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Wichita, Kansas-Koch Industries Inc. will not replace In…
Cabot completes Shanghai expansion, forms Chinese holding company
Added: 6 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Shanghai, China-Cabot Corp. has completed a 50-kilotonne-…
Solvay Engineered Polymers acquires TRS
Added: 6 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Mansfield, Texas-Solvay Engineered Polymers, part of Solv…
Strong results from Cooper based on Auto parts, not tyres
Added: 6 Feb 2004
Cooper Tire & Rubber has announced profits rose by $5 million in the final quarter of 2003, to $28 …
Goodyear launches first tyres in new 'Assurance' brand
Added: 6 Feb 2004
From R&PN
ORLANDO, Fla. (Feb. 5)--Goodyear is launching two tires under a new Assurance line designe…
