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Conti may sell fuel supply business
Added: 9 Apr 2008
Hanover, Germany (Reuters) -- German auto parts giant Continental AG is considering a disposal of i…

Report on US tyre manufacturing published
Added: 9 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland - Information Broker Research & Markets is selling a 115-page …

Magnum to buy Spreelast cryo crumbing unit
Added: 9 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida -- US rubber recycling company Magnum D'Or Resources,…

News from elsewhere on the web 09/April/08
Added: 9 Apr 2008
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Trelleborg opens seal plant in Wuxi, China
Added: 9 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Wuxi, China -- Trelleborg Industrial Products has opened a newly constructed m…

Pirelli raises European tyre prices
Added: 9 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli Tyre has announced price increases of 4 to 6 percent o…

Keegan: Goodyear 'well positioned' for success in '08
Added: 9 Apr 2008
Tire Business staff report
Akron, Ohio -- With debt and legacy obligations expected to fall about $2…

Hankook seeks second phase expansion of Hungary tyre factory
Added: 8 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dunaújváros, Hungary -- Hankook has begun the process of seeking a second-ph…

Evonik raises silane prices worldwide
Added: 8 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Frankfurt, Germany -- Evonik has announced a price increase of 15 percent worl…

Cabot's Waverly carbon black plant closes on schedule
Added: 8 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts -- Cabot Corp has confirmed that its carbon black plant …

News from elsewhere on the web 08/April/08
Added: 8 Apr 2008
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J.M. Huber sells kaolin business
Added: 8 Apr 2008
Atlanta, Georgia -- JM Huber Corp. has sold its kaolin clay business unit to IMin Partners, a priva…

Songwon raises additives prices worldwide
Added: 8 Apr 2008
Ulsan, South Korea -- Songwon Industrial is increasing prices of its polymer additives globally 7 t…

Dow Reichhold increasing NBR latex prices worldwide
Added: 8 Apr 2008
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina -- Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex has is boosting prices of n…

Parker Hannifin acquires Hi-Tech medical component businesses
Added: 8 Apr 2008
Cleveland, Ohio -- Parker Hannifin Corp. has purchased all of the issued and outstanding shares of …

Myers acquisition deal falls through
Added: 8 Apr 2008
Tire Business staff report
Akron, Ohio -- Nearly a year after Myers Industries Inc. announced a $107…

Nankang shuts Taipei car tyre plant
Added: 8 Apr 2008
Taipei, Taiwan -- Nankang Rubber Tire Corp. Ltd. has ceased production at its Nankang/Taipei City, …

Yokohama studying tyre plant in India - no decision yet
Added: 4 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Indian news reports suggesting that Yokohama Rubber is to build a tyr…

Manitoba's tyre stewardship programme comes into effect
Added: 4 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Winnipeg, Canada -- Canada's Manitoba Province has introduced a new scrap tyre…

News from elsewhere on the web 04/April/08
Added: 4 Apr 2008
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