Michelin/BFGoodrich.

Workers at the Michelin/BFGoodrich tire plant in Opelika Opelika (ōpəlī`kə), city (1990 pop. 22,122), seat of Lee co., E Ala., near the Chattahoochee River, in a farm area; inc. 1854. , AL, learned that up to 40% of the workforce may be cut as soon as October October: see month. .

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Title Annotation:	Corporate, financial news
Publication:	Rubber World
Date:	Aug 1, 2006
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