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Tokai denies press reports of new factories in China
Added: 14 Dec 2011
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Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber Industries says a press report in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimb…

Provocative designer announces "Louis Vuitton" condoms
Added: 14 Dec 2011
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Germany -- Irakli Kiziria, who runs the website, Design Provocation has develo…

UK rubber firm fined after forklift accident
Added: 14 Dec 2011
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Macclesfield UK -- Millennium Rubber International Ltd and United Crane Servic…

Aldi recalls bread after rubber particles found
Added: 14 Dec 2011
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Dublin, Ireland -- Aldi Stores Ltd. in Ireland is recalling a batch of Ballymo…

Stuck for seasonal card ideas? Try a Michelin e-card
Added: 14 Dec 2011
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Cyberspace -- Michelin has produced a range of animated e-cards, which anyone …

Consumers unaware of new EU tyre labelling regulation, says poll
Added: 13 Dec 2011
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Birmingham, UK - Almost 90 percent of motorists are unaware of tyre labelling…

Nizhnekamskshina to spend Euro 4.7m on environmental protection
Added: 13 Dec 2011
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Nizhnekamsk, Russia - Russian tyre company OAO Nizhnekamskshina will spend ov…

Nokian to reduce heavy tyre output
Added: 13 Dec 2011
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Nokia, Finland -- Management at Nokian Tyres has completed a statutory negotia…

Nordmann Rassmann adds Czech, Slovakia to Cancarb distribution deal
Added: 13 Dec 2011
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Alberta, Canada -- Cancarb Limited and Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (NRC) have expa…

ContiTech to expand belting factory
Added: 13 Dec 2011
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Ponta Grossa, Brazil -- ContiTech A.G.'s Power Transmission Group plans to i…

News from elsewhere on the web (13 Dec 2011)
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Thai floods impacting aviation tyre supply - Goodyear (updated)
Added: 13 Dec 2011
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Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear is warning its commercial airline customers of a poten…

USW to hold a rally for Cooper workers
Added: 13 Dec 2011
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Findlay, Ohio -- The United Steelworkers (USW) Local 207L will hold a rally De…

Rubber prices fall
Added: 13 Dec 2011
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London -- Rubber prices eased overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for…

After disasters, group wants database of subsuppliers
Added: 13 Dec 2011
By David Sedgwick , Crain staff (AN)
Detroit, Michigan -- A key industry group is trying to launch a…

Indian Rubber Producers mark Silver Jubilee
Added: 13 Dec 2011
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Kottayam, India -- Sri. Oommen Chandy, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Kerala inaugu…

UK motorists only replace tyres when they are illegal
Added: 13 Dec 2011
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London -- One in seven UK motorists do not replace their tyres until a garage …

UK rubber products segment studied
Added: 13 Dec 2011
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Dublin, Ireland -- Merlin Scott Associates has published a new report titled, …

Global tyre industry studied
Added: 13 Dec 2011
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Dublin, Ireland -- Global Industry Analysts has published a new report titled,…

Book published on Seismic bearing design
Added: 13 Dec 2011
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London -- John Wiley and Sons Ltd, has published a new book titled, Mechanics …