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Covisint's exit from auctions not likely to have big impact
Added: 22 Jan 2004
By Richard Truett, Automotive News
Detroit, Michingan-Covisint's decision to shed its online auction…

ArvinMeritor ends partnership
Added: 22 Jan 2004
From: Automotive News
Detroit-ArvinMeritor Inc. has decided to sell its 75-percent stake in AP Amort…

ArvinMeritor ends partnership
Added: 22 Jan 2004
From: Automotive News
Detroit-ArvinMeritor Inc. has decided to sell its 75-percent stake in AP Amort…

ArvinMeritor ends partnership
Added: 22 Jan 2004
From: Automotive News
Detroit-ArvinMeritor Inc. has decided to sell its 75-percent stake in AP Amort…

ArvinMeritor ends partnership
Added: 22 Jan 2004
From: Automotive News
Detroit-ArvinMeritor Inc. has decided to sell its 75-percent stake in AP Amort…

Minerals Technologies raising talc prices
Added: 22 Jan 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
New York-Minerals Technologies Inc. said it is increasing its prices fo…

Saint-Gobain expands R&D centre
Added: 22 Jan 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Northboro, Massachusetts-Compagnie de Saint-Gobain subsidiary Saint-Gob…

Kumho opens tyre plant in S. Korea
Added: 22 Jan 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Seoul-Kumho Tire Co. Inc. has opened a tyre plant in the port city of P…

Marangoni building tread rubber plant
Added: 22 Jan 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Madison, Tennessee-Marangoni Tread North America Inc. has started build…

Administrator cuts jobs in bid to rescue Carter Bros
Added: 22 Jan 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Manchester, UK-Rubber machinery maker Carter Brothers (Ro…

Carter Bros. in administration-Update
Added: 22 Jan 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Manchester, UK-Financially stricken rubber machinery firm…

Crompton uncovers another 'cartel'-this time in nitrile rubber
Added: 22 Jan 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Middlebury, Connecticut- Crompton Corp. is assisting comp…

Icon Polymer posts record profits
Added: 22 Jan 2004
Icon is now “comfortably in line to achieve its five-year plan to create a global £50-million sp…

Silvertown gets new controls and software for testing via MERL
Added: 22 Jan 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hertford, UK-MERL has won a contract to upgrade test machine control and ana…

Conti North America to boost tyre prices
Added: 22 Jan 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Charlotte, North Carolina-Continental Tire North America Inc. will rais…

Apollo to rescue Dunlop India plant
Added: 6 Jan 2004
Apollo Tyres is reported to have signed a deal to rescue Dunlop India's multi-purpose tyre plant in…

Airbags for Spirit Mars lander used rubber coating
Added: 6 Jan 2004
A Massachussetts company supplied the airbags used to protect the Mars landing craft known as Spiri…

Nissan Actic uses Michelin tyres
Added: 6 Jan 2004
Nissan's Actic concept car uses a new type of Michelin tyre, apparently based on the PAX design, bu…

Silvertown gets new controls and software for testing via MERL
Added: 23 Dec 2003
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hertford, UK-MERL has won a contract to upgrade test machine control and ana…

Icon Polymer posts record profits
Added: 22 Dec 2003
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Retford, UK-British rubber part supplier Icon Polymer Group has achieved a 3…