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EU aims for year-end CO2 decision
Added: 31 Mar 2008
By Lawrence Speer, Automotive news Europe
Paris -- European countries want negotiations on a tough n…

Fire & Toxic Emissions Resistance of Elastomers meeting set for June in London
Added: 31 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London RIEG (the Rubber in Engineering Group of The Polymer Society a Division…

IISRP publishes Synthetic Rubber Manual (17th edition)
Added: 31 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (I…

News from elsewhere on the web 31/March/08
Added: 31 Mar 2008
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Lanxess raises prices for non-tyre rubber
Added: 31 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG is to increase its prices worldwide for a nu…

Performance Fibers to stop production at two plants
Added: 31 Mar 2008
Richmond, Virginia -- Performance Fibers Holdings Inc. will cease manufacturing at its Winfield and…

Conti restructures power train division
Added: 28 Mar 2008
Hannover, Germany -- Continental AG, Hanover, is restructuring its Powertrain Division. Dr. Karl-Th…

Amtel-Vredestein sells Moscow plant for Euro 49million
Added: 28 Mar 2008
Moscow, Russia. -- Amtel-Vredestein has sold the land and buildings associated with its wholly-owne…

News from elsewhere on the web (28/Mar/2008)
Added: 28 Mar 2008
(9 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Ostan Group builds rubber moulding plant in Poland
Added: 28 Mar 2008
By Richard Higgs
Katowice, Poland - Italian industrial parts moulder the Ostan Group is constructing…

Amtel-Vredestein delivers debt restructuring proposal to banks
Added: 28 Mar 2008
Enschede, The Netherlands -- Amtel-Vredestein NVsaid its Russian subsidiary has now delivered a res…

ElringKlinger improved sales, earnings in 2007
Added: 27 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dettingen/Erms, Germany) -- The ElringKlinger Group reported double-digit grow…

Americans love their cars, but hate changing a flat
Added: 27 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- A new survey of American car owners reveals that Americans l…

Fieldturf Tarkett appoints Joe Fields as CEO
Added: 27 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Montreal, Canada -- FieldTurf Tarkett has appointed Joe Fields as Chief Execut…

Pirelli tyre breaks through Euro 4000 million in sales
Added: 27 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli said its tyre unit reported sales of Euro 4162 million…

News from elsewhere on the web 27/March/08
Added: 27 Mar 2008
(8 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Trelleborg to close UK profiles division
Added: 27 Mar 2008
By Tim Tunbridge
Minworth, UK - Trelleborg Industrial Profiles is to stop production at its West Mid…

Cheng Shin seeks OE contracts in Vietnam
Added: 27 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dong Nai Province, Vietnam -- Cheng Shin Rubber Vietnam Ind. Co. Ltd currently…

Dow raises prices on synthetic rubber
Added: 27 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Horgen, Switzerland -- Effective 1 April, 2008 or as contract terms allow, Dow…

Zeon will not appeal against NBR fine issued by EU
Added: 26 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo, Japan -- Zeon Corp. said it has decided it will not appeal to the Court…