• 15 May 2008

  Micro Powders appoints Archway Sales as exclusive agent in the Ohio territory

  Micro Powders, Inc. has appointed Archway Sales, Inc. (formerly Deeks & Co.) based in Cincinnati, OH, as their exclusive agent in the Ohio territory to represent their product line of high-performance wax additives.

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• 12 May 2008

  Michelin, MTC open recycling center

  Michelin North America Inc.’s Ardmore plant, along with the MTC Federal Credit Union, has opened a community recycling center in Ardmore.

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• 09 May 2008

  Cooper to discontinue some tire lines in N. America

  Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. execs said the firm has ceased production of its Starfire associate tire brand in North America and will exit some other unidentified less profitable lines.

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• 08 May 2008

  Kumho plans groundbreaking for plant

  Kumho Tire U.S.A. Inc. has set a groundbreaking May 12 for its USD225 million passenger and light truck tire plant in Macon, Ga.

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• 05 May 2008

  Bridgestone bought Firestone 20 years ago

  Twenty years ago this month, Bridgestone Corp. completed its USD 2.6 billion acquisition of venerable but troubled Akron industrial giant Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

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• 02 May 2008

  Conti names executive vice president

  Continental Tire North America Inc. has named Paul Williams executive vice president of commercial vehicle tires for the Americas.

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• 28 April 2008

  National Tire Safety Week

  Twenty-five states issued proclamations in support of National Tire Safety Week, the Rubber Manufacturers Association said.

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• 28 April 2008

  DuPont sites are on the top of list of polluters

  A university study has reported that Du Pont is the worst polluter in the U.S.

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• 22 April 2008

  American Tire Corp to acquire OTR tire plant of Goodyear Tire & Rubber

  American Tire Corp. (ATC), an OTR tire manufacturer, has proposed to acquire The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's OTR tire plant located in Topeka, Kansas.

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• 20 April 2008

  Bridgestone launches new truck-tire business unit

  Having officially merged its North American truck-tire and retreading operations earlier this month, Bridgestone rolled out its new Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS) business unit publicly for 1,000 dealers and distributors gathered here for the truck tire group's annual BizCon meeting.

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• 16 April 2008

  Hankook opens distribution center

  Hankook Tire America Corp. has added its sixth distribution center in the U.S., in Aurora, Illinois, near Chicago.

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• 14 April 2008

  JK Tyre of India buys Mexico's Tornel

  JK Tyre, Mumbai, India, has purchased Mexico's Compania Hulera Tornel S.A. de C.V. for USD 68 million.

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• 14 April 2008

  Not enough tires for tire recycling firm

  The news report on a Cambridge company, Recovery Technologies, which breaks down used tires and recycles the rubber and steel found in the tire, said that the company cannot get enough used tires and has had to shut down for brief periods of time.

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• 13 April 2008

  Newell to cut jobs in Tenn., move work to NE Ohio

  Newell Rubbermaid Inc. said it will cut nearly 200 jobs at a plant in Tennessee and move the work to Northeast Ohio and Texas in September.
  

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• 08 April 2008

  Cabot concludes shutdown of plant

  Cabot Corp. permanently has closed its carbon black plant in Waverly, West Virginia as scheduled.

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• 07 April 2008

  Private brand customers help in Cooper tire recall

  Several private brand marketers are joining forces with Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. to help recall small lots of Cooper-made light truck tires sold under various names, e.g. TBC Corp., Nokian, Tyres Inc., Sure Tire Co).

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• 07 April 2008

  J.M. Huber sells kaolin business

  J.M. Huber Corp. has sold its kaolin clay business unit to IMin Partners of Fort Worth, Texas, a private equity capital fund, which renamed the business KaMin L.L.C.

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• 04 April 2008

  Manitoba starts new scrap tire system

  Manitoba Province has begun a new scrap tire management system called that replaces a government-run scrap tire product.

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• 04 April 2008

  Myers acquisition deal falls through

  Nearly a year after Myers Industries Inc. announced a $1.1 billion agreement to be acquired by an investment group and after subsequent delays in finalizing the purchase, the deal has fallen through.

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• 04 April 2008

  Carlisle to reorganize its business

  Carlisle Companies Inc. has reorganized its business into seven entities and combined its tire, wheel and trailer business to form Transportation Products Group.

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• 01 April 2008

  Rohm and Haas acquires unit of Forcit

  Rohm and Haas Co. has completed the acquisition of the polymer dispersions division of OY Forcit A.B. for about USD85 million.

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• 01 April 2008

  Garlock completes plant project

  Garlock Sealing Technologies has completed construction of a 65,000-sq.-ft. (6040 sq. meters) manufacturing and distribution facility in Houston.

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• 01 April 2008

  Emerald buys Wolstenholme carbon black unit

  Emerald Hilton Davis L.L.C. has acquired Wolstenholme International Ltd.’s carbon black dispersions business and its assets.

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• 01 April 2008

  Veyance to expand Marysville facility

  Veyance Technologies Inc. plans to expand its 400,000-sq.-ft. (37260 sq. meters) Marysville heavy duty conveyor belt facility by 24,000 square feet (2230 sq. meters) as part of a project to upgrade its operations.

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• 31 March 2008

  Toyotas to use Goodyear Eagles

  Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Inc. is equipping 2009 Corolla and Matrix models with Goodyear Eagle tires.

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