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High oil costs could force Columbian to idle plants
Added: 27 Jun 2008
Marietta, Georgia -- Carbon black producer Columbian Chemicals Co. may idle some capacity because o…
Goodyear to expand Dalian, invest elsewhere
Added: 27 Jun 2008
NEW YORK (June 26, 2008) -- Further to Goodyear's announcement yesterday that it intends to close a…
Tokyo NR hits 28-year high at Yen 355
Added: 27 Jun 2008
Tokyo -- The six-month NR contract on Tokyo's Tocom exchange closed at Yen 355.1 ($3.34) on Friday …
Indirect TPM systems really are worse than nothing
Added: 26 Jun 2008
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Brussels -- A high-powered report has concluded that indirect tyre pressure…
Solvay to raise prices of FKM by 10 percent
Added: 26 Jun 2008
Bollate, Italy -- Effective August 1st, Solvay Solexis will be increasing the price of Tecnoflon Fl…
Bekaert to close Lanklaar steelcord unit
Added: 26 Jun 2008
Kortrijk, Belguim -- Bekaert management has advised its Belgian works councils of a planned reorga…
New CEO at Sicom
Added: 26 Jun 2008
Singapore -- Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) has appointed Jeremy Ang Peng Leong as Chief Executiv…
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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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
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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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
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…
