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News from elsewhere on the web 10/March/08
Added: 10 Mar 2008
(6 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Stanford students add value to rubber bands
Added: 7 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stanford, California -- -When Stanford University kicked off its 2nd annual En…

Russian Sebrings use Jyco TPVs for seals
Added: 7 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia -- When the first Russian cousins of the Chrysler Sebr…

Conti publishes air spring benchmarking test results
Added: 7 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- ContiTech has published results of its own tests on air s…

Report looks at US SR manufacturing business
Added: 7 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- A 56-page report titled "Resin and Synthetic Rubber Manufac…

Kumho wins prestigious Mercedes OE contract
Added: 7 Mar 2008
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Birmingham, UK -- Kumho Tyres has announced that it is to supply tyres for OE …

Short report on replacement car and van tyres in Europe
Added: 7 Mar 2008
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Dublin, Ireland - Information broker Research & Markets is selling a report on…

Michelin US buys special flow meter
Added: 7 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Buckingham, UK -- A UK-based engineering company has sold a landmark flow mete…

Fenner Precision buys New York-based wheel, pulley maker
Added: 7 Mar 2008
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Manheim, Pennsylvania -- Fenner Precision finalised the acquisition of Winfiel…

Klüber Lubrication and Chem-Trend open joint plant in China
Added: 7 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Qingpu, China -- Freudenberg Group has opened a new plant on Thursday in Qingp…

News from elsewhere on the web 07/March/08
Added: 7 Mar 2008
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Ageing of Elastomers, next week at IOM HQ
Added: 6 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London, UK -- UK readers are reminded that the Rubber in Engineering Committee…

Final call for UK 'Time Dependent Behaviour of Rubber' papers
Added: 6 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Organisers of the one day conference, organised by the Rubber in Eng…

Trelleborg Sealing Systems opens new factory in Tewkesbury
Added: 6 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tewkesbury, UK -- Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has relocated seal manufacture …

French company organises 2-day event on technical rubber
Added: 6 Mar 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Argenteuil, France -- French silicne rubber processor, company Chevalier- Clé…

News from elsewhere on the web 06/March/08
Added: 6 Mar 2008
(12 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

BFS opens first phase of rubber wood facility
Added: 6 Mar 2008
HARBEL, Liberia (March 5, 2008) -- Firestone Natural Rubber Co. LLC, a subsidiary of Bridgestone/Fi…

Conti raises OE shares in Europe, N. America
Added: 6 Mar 2008
Geneva, Switzerland -- Continental AG raised its original equipment presence last year in Europe an…

Albemarle boosts antioxidant production
Added: 6 Mar 2008
Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- Albemarle Corp. plans to double the antioxidant production capacity of Sh…

DuPont Performance Elastomers finally closes Louisville Neoprene plant
Added: 5 Mar 2008
Louisville, Kentucky -- DuPont Performance Elastomers LLC
has closed its polychloroprene plant in Lo…