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US industrial rubber goods firm sold to private equity
Added: 6 Jun 2008
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Glen Burne Maryland -- Private equity company LLR Partners Inc. (“LLRâ€) s…

Veyance to buy NBS
Added: 6 Jun 2008
Fairlawn, Ohio -- Veyance Technologies Inc. plans to purchase National Belt Service to broaden its …

BFS to pick between two sites for tech centre
Added: 6 Jun 2008
Akron, Ohio -- Bridgestone/Firestone (BFS) has narrowed its choices for the location of a new techn…

Goodyear, Michelin receive Hino quality awards
Added: 6 Jun 2008
Farmington Hills, Michigan -- Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. Inc. recently presented Goodyear and…

Hexpol publishes prospectus prior to IPO
Added: 5 Jun 2008
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Malmö, Sweden -- Hexpol AB, the polymer and rubber compounding arm of Hexagon…

Another setback for Flexsys as ITC rescinds order against Sinorgchem
Added: 5 Jun 2008
Washington DC -- The US International Trade Commission has rescinded the limited exclusion order ba…

ContiTech to make AVS mounts in Mexico
Added: 5 Jun 2008
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San Luis Potosi, Mexico -- ContiTech Vibration Control has opened a new produc…

Dow-Corning adds HCR-silicone capacity at Wiesbaden
Added: 5 Jun 2008
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Wiesbaden, Germany -- Dow Corning has expanded its manufacturing site at Wiesb…

Report studies Indian tyre industry
Added: 5 Jun 2008
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Dublin, Ireland -- A report titled, Indian Tyre Industry 2008 is now availabl…

NRC to distribute for Cancarb in Switzerland
Added: 5 Jun 2008
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Hamburg, Germany -- Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (NRC) is to add Switzerand to its …

News from elsewhere on the web (05 June 2008)
Added: 5 Jun 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

UK crumb rubber unit celebrates birthday
Added: 5 Jun 2008
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Plymouth, UK -- Producers of technical rubber powder and rubber crumb, Crumb R…

Pirelli to set up tyre, steelcord JVs in Russia
Added: 4 Jun 2008
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Milan -- Pirelli & C. SpA and the Russian State-owned inward investment organi…

Hexagon's compounding operation to go public on 9 June
Added: 4 Jun 2008
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Stockholm, Sweden -- Hexagon AB has re-christened its polymer activities Hexpo…

Russian anti-monopoly office seeks more time to consider Amtel-Sibur deal
Added: 4 Jun 2008
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Moscow -- Russia's Federal anti-monopoly service has said it needs more time t…

Pirelli to invest $65 million in Egypt truck tyre plant
Added: 4 Jun 2008
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Rome -- The Pirelli Group intends to increase its manufacturing in Egypt by 50…

Gulf-o-flex builds new foamed rubber plant in UAE
Added: 4 Jun 2008
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Dubai -- Rubber World Industries (RWI), the leading manufacturer of closed-cel…

BFS pushes back decision on Akron tech centre location
Added: 4 Jun 2008
AKRON (June 3, 2008) - May 31 has come and gone, and Bridgestone/Firestone (BFS) still has yet to d…

News from elsewhere on the web (04 June 2008)
Added: 4 Jun 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ECHA is now operational
Added: 4 Jun 2008
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Helsinki, Finaland -- The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is now operational.…