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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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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,…
