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News from elsewhere on the web (23/June/2008)
Added: 23 Jun 2008
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Eliokem announces new price increases for nitrile and masterbatch
Added: 20 Jun 2008
Villejust, Paris -- Eliokem has increased prices by up to 12 percent for products made in its Valia…
Italian OTR tyre maker buys Chinese factory
Added: 20 Jun 2008
Verona, Italy -- Italian off-the-road (OTR) tyre maker Mai Group has acquired the OTR tyre-related …
China's tyre industry studied
Added: 20 Jun 2008
Dublin, Ireland -- A new report on te China tyre industry is now available from the Research & Mark…
UK rubber association may fold without more members
Added: 20 Jun 2008
By David Eldridge
London -- More rubber and polyurethane companies need to back their trade associat…
Belshina expanding, upgrading capacities
Added: 20 Jun 2008
Bobruisk, Belarus -- Tyre and rubber products maker JSC Belshina Belarus Tyre Works is planning to …
Simrit buys assets of seal maker Tetralene
Added: 20 Jun 2008
Plymouth, Michigan -- Freudenberg-NOK G.P.'s Simrit Division has purchased the assets of Tetralene,…
Dow Chemical to close 2 more latex sites in N America
Added: 20 Jun 2008
Midland, Michigan -- Dow Chemical Co. said it will close latex plants in California and Quebec by t…
Ground rubber surface safety debate continues in US
Added: 20 Jun 2008
By Miles Moore, Rubber & Plastics News
SAN DIEGO-State legislatures are rushing to judgment against …
News from elsewhere on the web (20/June/2008)
Added: 20 Jun 2008
(20 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Nynas launches new unlabelled oil for tyres
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Stockholm, Sweden -- Nynas has launched Nytex 4700, developed specifically for tyre compounds to me…
ECHA to re-issue pre-registration submission guidelines
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Helsinki, Finland -- ECHA is to re-issue its submissino lines, after initial studies showed that so…
Degussa adds capacity for silica in Turkey
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Izmit, Turkey -- The Chemicals Business Area of Germany-based Evonik Industries AG, Essen, has expa…
Eliokem raises prices for VP latex 35 percent
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Villejust, Paris -- Eliokem has announced a 35percent price increase for its Pliocord VP Latices ef…
Titan moves ahead with European unit stock buyback
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Tire Business staff report
Quincy, Illinois -- Titan International Inc. said it should be able to fi…
Canada OKs use of super single truck tyres
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Tire Business staff report
OTTAWA, Ontario (June 18, 2008) - Canada's Council of Ministers Responsib…
Cooper to acquire stake in Mexican tire plant
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Tire Business staff report
Fondlay, Ohio-- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is investing $31 million and tak…
PPG raising price of silica
Added: 18 Jun 2008
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- PPG Industries Inc. is enacting a price increase of as much as 20 perce…
Nisseki Chemical joins IISRP
Added: 18 Jun 2008
Houston, Texas -- Nisseki Chemical Texas Inc. is the latest company to join the International Insti…
DuPont to raise Viton prices 10 percent
Added: 18 Jun 2008
Wilmington, Delaware-- DuPont Performance Elastomers said it will raise prices on Viton fluoroelast…
