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  • Trelleborg Automotive opens Russian AVS plant
    NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Sept. 8, 2010)—Trelleborg Automotive has opened a new manufacturing facility in Zavolzhye, near Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The facility, which will produce Trelleborg's anti-vibration solutions, is the company's first production facility in Russia and has been opened to meet increasing demand from its Russian-based customers.
  • Michelin aids six more small businesses
    GREENVILLE, S.C. (Sept. 8, 2010)—Michelin North America Inc.'s Development Upstate program to aid small businesses recently awarded $400,000 in low-interest loans to six additional businesses.
  • Cooper-Standard gears up for new auto market
    TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—For two years, auto makers and suppliers did their best to hang on as sales and production slowed to a crawl.
  • Tire tariffs turn 1
    Chinese consumer tire exports to the U.S. fell 40 percent in the 11 months since the U.S. government imposed stiff tariffs on them. Imports from other Asian nations mostly filled the void.
  • OSHA probes Titan accident
    BRYAN, Ohio—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating an explosion at Titan International Inc.'s Bryan off-the-road tire plant that left one worker injured.
Nygaard rejoins Harwick Standard as Vice-President Sales
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Harwick LogoAkron, OH (October 21, 2009) – Harwick Standard Distribution Corporation is pleased to announce that Kurt Nygaard will rejoin Harwick Standard as Vice President of Sales effective November 1, 2009. He was most recently Rubber Industry Manager for the M.F. Cachat Company. Prior to M.F. Cachat, Nygaard had spent almost 17 years with Harwick Chemical Corporation & Harwick Standard Distribution Corporation in a variety of positions. Nygaard began his career in the rubber industry in 1977 with B.F. Goodrich Chemical. He is a graduate of Mount Union College with postgraduate work at The College of William & Mary.

Kurt is a member of the American Chemical Society Rubber Division, the Southern Rubber Group, and the Ohio Rubber Group.
 
Ernest E. Pouttu Receives Simonetti Award
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ISO 9001:2008 REGISTERED

Akron, OH (May 27, 2009) – Ernest E. Pouttu, President and CEO of Harwick Standard Distribution Corporation, was presented the 2009 Dr. Frank L. Simonetti Distinguished Business Alumni Award on Friday, April 24, 2009.

The University of Akron’s College of Business Administration Alumni Association established this award in 1987 to honor successful alumni for their achievements in business and significant contributions to their communities.  The award is named for alumnus and long time professor at the College, Dr. Frank L. Simonetti.
 
Harwick Standard Distribution Corporation To Market Dow TYRIN™ Produced in Europe
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harwick_ISOAkron, OH (January 19, 2009) - Harwick Standard Distribution Corporation, the authorized North American distributor for TYRIN™ Chlorinated Polyethylene made by the Dow Chemical Company, is pleased to announce they will now market select TYRIN grades produced at the Dow plant in Stade, Germany.