Autos
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. found itself Monday in the middle of an international tug of war between Italian and Japanese industrial giants.
March 8, 1988
Business
Seven years ago, Malaysia’s rubber industry faced declining prices and increasing competition from other Southeast Asian nations to be the world’s leading supplier of raw latex.
March 28, 1994
They smile patiently around here at the plastics jokes and the inevitable references to the 1960s movie “The Graduate,” in which career-bound Dustin Hoffman was counseled that the future lay in plastics, that dog-eared symbol of everything artificial.
Aug. 11, 1991
Until recently, American auto companies had a crude way of fixing dented fenders and crooked trunk lids as new cars came rolling off assembly lines.
Jan. 27, 1995
On the credenza in Peter Churm’s office is a ruled writing pad with a cryptic inscription, “250 in 5,” at the top of each page.
June 23, 1987
World & Nation
Malaysia, anxious to retain its position as the world’s top producer of rubber, is revolutionizing the industry by scrapping antiquated techniques relying on excessive human labor in favor of innovative machines.
June 2, 1991
Resources: Poor management by the government, corruption and lack of investment are blamed. Privatization is called the only hope.
April 24, 1997
Furon Subsidiary Settles Union Dispute: Furon Co., a Laguna Niguel maker of rubber and plastic products, said that its CHR Industries unit in New Haven, Conn., settled a dispute with a United Rubber Workers union local by rehiring 53 workers who went on strike after contract talks failed.
Feb. 4, 1992
Firestone Tire & Rubber signaled further retrenchment and a fourth-quarter loss on Tuesday, even as it moved to head off hostile suitors and buy back more of its common stock.
Oct. 22, 1986
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., a longtime symbol of American industrial might, said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell off its worldwide tire business to Bridgestone Corp. of Tokyo in a billion-dollar deal.
Feb. 17, 1988