First half 2003 financial results.

First half 2003 financial results

                                   Earnings ($)             Sales ($)

AirBoss of America                  1.3 million          95.6 million
American Biltrite                  15 million *         209.8 million
Applied Industrial
  Technologies **                  19.8 million          1.46 billion
Bridgestone                       268.6 million             9 billion
Continental                     EUR 399 million       EUR 5.6 billion
Farrel                            1.1 million *          23.9 million
Goodyear Tire & Rubber          236.9 million *           7.3 billion
Great Lakes Chemical               17.8 million         750.7 million
GreenMan Technologies ***           2.5 million          21.2 million
Industrial Rubber Products            192,658 *           5.9 million
Lubrizol                           55.4 million          1.02 billion
Michelin                      EUR 157.5 million      EUR 7.35 billion
Pirelli                         EUR 118 million         EUR 3 billion
Plymouth Rubber                         591,000          31.8 million
Titan International              14.1 million *           260 million
Trelleborg                      SEK 317 million       SEK 8.6 billion
Yokohama Rubber               [yen] 4.6 billion     [yen] 182 billion

* Net loss

** Full fiscal 2003 ended June 30, 2003

*** Nine months ended June 30, 2003