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Rhodia completes REACH pre-registration

Added: 28 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris -- Rhodia said it has pre-registered all of its 736 chemical substances …

Dow unit builds on customer input to help change marketing direction

Added: 28 Nov 2008

By Brad Dawson, Crain Staff

Louisville, Kentucky -- Dow Chemical Co.'s Dow Elastomers unit is changi…

Avon Rubber falls into loss, will sell engineered fabrications unit

Added: 27 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Avon Rubber plc reported a net loss of £19.5 million (euro 23.2 mill…

Evonik to triple Isobutene production in Antwerp

Added: 27 Nov 2008

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Essen, Germany -- Evonik Industries plans to build a new production facility f…

Lanxess wins South American award

Added: 27 Nov 2008

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Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess has been named as "Best company on the rubber m…

News from elsewhere on the web (27 November 2008)

Added: 27 Nov 2008

(15 items)

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

Dodging bullets: Cooper debuts concept HUMMV tyre

Added: 27 Nov 2008

By Kathy McCarron, Crain staff (TB)

Las Vegas, Nevada-Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is pursuing three fro…

Solvay-Solexis to cut Tecnoflon production

Added: 26 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Bollate, Italy -- Solvay Solexis will shut down both its Tecnoflon fluoroelast…

DSM Elastomers running trials of ACE production technology

Added: 26 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Heerlen, The Netherlands - DSM Elastomers has successfully started its first K…

Toyo slows pace of expansion at US plant

Added: 26 Nov 2008

Bruce Davis, ERJ staff (TB)

Cypress, California -- Toyo Tire USA Corp. is slowing the pace of work o…

Talbros, Federal Mogul extend deal in India

Added: 26 Nov 2008

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Mumbai, India -- Federal Mogul will continue to support Talbros Automotive Com…

News from elsewhere on the web (26 November 2008)

Added: 26 Nov 2008

(24 items)

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

ASTM runs training course on rubber testing

Added: 26 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania -- A new technical and professional training c…

Registration opens for TTE '09 in Hamburg

Added: 26 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hamburg, Germany -- Registration is now open for the Tire Technology Expo exhi…

Global industrial rubber products market studied

Added: 26 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Global Industry Analysts has published a report titled, Wor…

Isoprene rubber market studied

Added: 26 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Merchant Research and Consulting Ltd has published a year-o…

Imports, exports of NBR to China studied in report

Added: 26 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- ICON Group International has published a new report titled,…

Bruce Willis sues Green Rubber parent firm

Added: 26 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (TB)

Los Angeles - Hollywood actor Bruce Willis has sued the parent company of recy…

Survey forecasts global tyre demand to 2014

Added: 24 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Aroq has published a new report titled, Global market revie…

Tyre tests highlight Conflicting goals in tyre development - Conti

Added: 24 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hanover, Germany -- Continental has used the latest round of winter tests in c…