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Bain closes acquisition of Dow's Styron unit

Added: 18 Jun 2010

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Boston, Massachusetts -- The Dow Chemical Company and private equity company B…

Toyoda Gosei suffers strike in China - report

Added: 18 Jun 2010

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Tianjin, China -- Japanese automotive seals maker Toyoda Gosei has suffered a …

News from elsewhere on the web (17 June 2010)

Added: 18 Jun 2010

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

UK aftermarket for tyres studied

Added: 18 Jun 2010

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Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, UK Aftermark…

ODNR awards grants for scrap tyre cleanup

Added: 18 Jun 2010

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Columbus, Ohio -- Grants have been awarded to 28 scrap tyre cleanup projects…

US conveyor belting business studied

Added: 18 Jun 2010

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Dublin, Ireland -- Supplier Relations US has published a new report titled, Co…

Pirelli begins safety campaign on Italian roads

Added: 18 Jun 2010

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Rome -- In collaboration with 'Autostrade per l'Italia' and Telepass, Pirelli …

UK tyre body supports recycling scheme

Added: 18 Jun 2010

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London -- TyreSafe, the UK's leading tyre safety organisation is to support th…

Weymans says crisis is behind us

Added: 17 Jun 2010

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Leverkusen, Germany -- Dr. Guenther Weymans, Head of the Technical Rubber Prod…

Lanxess raises prices of NBR materials

Added: 17 Jun 2010

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Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG has increased its prices effective June 15th …

Kraiburg TPE launches 170°C thermoplastic elastomer

Added: 17 Jun 2010

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Leverkusen - Hipex, a TPV from Kraiburg TPE has unusually high heat and oil re…

DuPont Elastomers now shipping last stocks of Hypalon

Added: 17 Jun 2010

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Beaumont, Texas -- Dupont Performance Elastomers said it ceased manufacture of…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 June 2010)

Added: 17 Jun 2010

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Maplan, Lanxess cooperate on HNBR moulding systems

Added: 17 Jun 2010

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Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG and Maplan are working together to get the b…

PAH ban may be extended to non-tyre goods

Added: 17 Jun 2010

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Leverkusen, Germany -- Dr. Guenther Weymans, Head of the Technical Rubber Prod…

Nokian publishes environmental report

Added: 16 Jun 2010

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Nokia, Finland -- Nokian Tyres has published its environmental report for 2009…

Trelleborg sets up Tech centre in Shanghai

Added: 16 Jun 2010

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Shanghai, China -- Trelleborg Automotive will establish a new R&D centre in Sh…

NAFTA OE tyre market surged in May

Added: 16 Jun 2010

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Milan, Italy - OE sales of car tyres in May surged by 89 percent in the NAFTA …

Denka raises Chloroprene prices again

Added: 16 Jun 2010

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Tokyo -- Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K., has announced a price increase of Denka CR a…

Falcon India to add 2, 3-wheeler tyre production

Added: 16 Jun 2010

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Kolkata, India - Several Indian newspapers are reporting a press conference in…