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Cabot breaks ground on Chinese fumed silica plant
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tianjin, China -- Cabot Corp. has broken ground on its new fumed silica manufa…

News from elsewhere on the web (21 Oct 2008)
Added: 21 Oct 2008
(24 items)
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ElringKlinger issues profits warning on downturn
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dettingen/Erms, Germany -- ElringKlinger AG has downgraded its sales and earni…

EU researchers investigate alternatives to Hevea Brasiliensis
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Lausanne, Switzerland -- A new EU-funded project aims to find alternatives to …

Bridgestone wins single tyre supplier for the MotoGP
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Sepang, Malaysia -- Bridgestone will be the single tyre supplier for the MotoG…

Bridgestone opens carbon black plant in the Americas
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- On October 17, Mexico Carbon Manufacturing SA DE CV (“MXCBâ€), a …

Trelleborg announces new shaped-hose production process
Added: 21 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg Automotive said it has developed automotive h…

Tokai sets up industrial hose sales unit
Added: 20 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. is to re-vamp its sales system for indus…

Tokai restructures R&D activities
Added: 20 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo, Japan -- Tokai Rubber has merged two of its R&D activities into a singl…

Further declines in Malaysian NR production in August
Added: 20 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Production of natural rubber (NR) in August 2008 was 103,767 t…

News from elsewhere on the web (20 Oct 2008)
Added: 20 Oct 2008
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Lanxess introduces new polymer analysis lab
Added: 20 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Leverkusen, Germany - Speciality chemical company Lanxess AG's Technical Rubb…

Petroflex to become wholly owned subsidiary of Lanxess
Added: 20 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Leverkusen, Germany - Following Lanxess AG's tender offer for the remaining s…

Schaeffler buys more shares in Continental
Added: 17 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Herzogenaurach, Germany - Scaheffler Group has bought a fourth batch of stock…

Goodyear names Wells CFO
Added: 17 Oct 2008
Tire Business staff report
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has named Darren Wells chief financial officer,…

Parker Hannifin reports record sales in Q1 results
Added: 17 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Cleveland, Ohio - Parker Hannifin, major motion and control technology manufa…

IISRP offices, closed by hurricane, reopen
Added: 17 Oct 2008
Tire Business
Houston, Texas - The main offices of the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber …

Goodyear to idle 3 tyre plants, again
Added: 17 Oct 2008
Rubber & Plastics News
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has set a week-long shutdown of production at three ty…

Rubber group hosts Ferris State event
Added: 17 Oct 2008
Rubber & Plastics News
East Lansing, Michigan - West Michigan Rubber Group is inviting rubber indus…

Iranian researchers use butadiene to make molecular switch
Added: 16 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mazandaran, Iran -- Researchers in Iran have used butadiene to create a light-…