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Chemtura raises prices on rubber additives

Added: 26 Jun 2008

Middlebury, Connecticut -- Chemtura Corp. will increase prices on a range of its polymer additives…

Tokyo NR pushes to Yen 350/kg

Added: 26 Jun 2008

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Tokyo -- The six-month futures contract on Tokyo's TOCOM exchange briefly exce…

News from elsewhere on the web (26/June/2008)

Added: 26 Jun 2008

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Dow Chemical again hiking prices, cutting output

Added: 26 Jun 2008

Midland, Michigan -- Dow Chemical Co., which raised prices on all its products by as much as 20 pe…

Goodyear to close Australian tyre plant

Added: 26 Jun 2008

Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is to close its Australian manufacturing facility…

Cooper: Butadiene shortage a cause of production curtailment

Added: 25 Jun 2008

Findlay, Ohio -- A shortage of butadiene to make synthetic rubber, along with reduced demand, pers…

Report studies global steel wire market

Added: 25 Jun 2008

London -- A new report investigates the global steel wire market. The 504-page report, titled World…

Lanxess awards Singapore contract to Jacobs

Added: 25 Jun 2008

Pasadena, California -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.said it has received a contract from Lanxess …

Energy Saver tyres offer lowest cost of ownership - TuV

Added: 25 Jun 2008

Stoke-on-Trent, UK -- Michelin says its Energy Saver car tyres offer motorists the lowest cost of …

News from elsewhere on the web (25/June/2008)

Added: 25 Jun 2008

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Huber to hike prices for silica, silicates

Added: 25 Jun 2008

Atlanta, Georgia -- Huber Engineered Materials, part of J.M. Huber Corp., said it plans to boost pr…

Diolen raises prices by 10 percent

Added: 25 Jun 2008

Arnhem, Netherlands -- In a letter to its customers, Diolen has announced a price increase of 10 pe…

Amtel-Vredestein suffers from Chinese copycats

Added: 25 Jun 2008

Moscow, Russia - Amtel-Vredestein NV has said counterfeit Amtel-brand tyres have been found in so…

Daetwyler Rubber expands business in NAFTA countries

Added: 25 Jun 2008

Schattdorf, Switzerland -- In July 2008 Daetwyler Rubber will open a new plant in Silao, Mexico. T…

Hankook to spend €12.5 million annually on 'green tyre' research

Added: 25 Jun 2008

Ney-Isenburg, Germany -- Hankook Tire is investing sustainable future technology for tyre manufact…

Researchers study Goodyear

Added: 24 Jun 2008

Dublin, Ireland -- A new report claims to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the Goodyear Tire…

Kraton profits soar on higher sales

Added: 24 Jun 2008

Houston, Texas -- Kraton Polymers LLC (Kraton) has posted results for the five months ended May 31,…

Cooper cuts N American production

Added: 24 Jun 2008

Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has said it cut production in its North American faci…

Avon Rubber appoints CFO

Added: 24 Jun 2008

Melksham, UK -- Avon Rubber p.l.c. has appointed Andrew Lewis as Group Finance Director with effec…

JK completes acquisition of Tornel

Added: 24 Jun 2008

New Delhi, India -- JK Tyre and Industries Ltd has completed the acquisition of 100 percent shares…