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Report studies Chinese SBR business
Added: 15 Nov 2007
Dublin, Ireland - A new report titled "China Styrene Butadiene Rubber Industry Report, 2007 " is av…

NFM/Welding Engineers joins IISRP
Added: 15 Nov 2007
Houston, Texas - NFM/Welding Engineers Inc. is the latest company to join the International Institu…

Kraton suffers 25 percent loss in gross profit in Q3
Added: 14 Nov 2007
Houston, Texas -- Kraton Polymers LLC reported a 25 percent loss in gross profit, to $46 million (€…

Hankook to join ETRMA next year
Added: 14 Nov 2007
Brussels - A spokesman for Hankook Tire in Europe has said the company expects to join the ETRMA, (…

Olympic training track claimed to be 'world's fastest'
Added: 14 Nov 2007
University of Oregon - Polyurethane and butyl rubber are the key ingredients in a running track upo…

News from elsewhere on the web (14/Nov/07)
Added: 14 Nov 2007
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

European car registrations on the increase again
Added: 14 Nov 2007
Brussels -Â New car registrations in Europe are recovering again after a dip in September. Data fr…

US Consumer body says siping, nitrogen are 'not worth it'
Added: 14 Nov 2007
Washington DC -Â US-based consumer body Consumer Reports has recently looked into the use of nitrog…

Lanxess' EBITDA margin into double figures for Q3
Added: 14 Nov 2007
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG has reported an improvement in performance for the eleventh consec…

Goodyear loses $4.4 million discrimination case
Added: 14 Nov 2007
Seattle, Washington State -- A former Goodyear store manager has won nearly $4.4 million (€3 millio…

Court approves Federal-Mogul reorganisation plan
Added: 14 Nov 2007
Southield, Michigan -Â The US Bankruptcy Court has confirmed Federal-Mogul Corp.'s reorganisation …

Toyo's net income drops as a result of faulty PU building materials
Added: 14 Nov 2007
Osaka, Japan -- Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd's net income between 1 April and 30 Sept 2007, has dropp…

DPE prepares for EU fine over polychloroprene price fixing
Added: 13 Nov 2007
Wilmington, Delaware -Â E I DuPont de Nemours is expecting to be hit by a fine from the EU antitrus…

Simrit offers CAD system to make large diameter seals
Added: 13 Nov 2007
Plymouth, Michigan --Simrit has launched its Xpress technology that allows the company to produce c…

Pirelli Tyre earnings, sales up through 9 months
Added: 13 Nov 2007
Milan, Italy - Pirelli Tyre SpA reported a 5.5-percent increase in operating income for the first …

Pirelli considers repurchase of Pirelli Tyre shares
Added: 13 Nov 2007
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli Chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera will evaluate the possible repurchase of…

ElringKlinger reports double-digit growth in first nine months
Added: 13 Nov 2007
Dettingen/Erms (Germany) - The ElringKlinger Group increased both revenues and earnings in the firs…

Hankook confirms multiple deaths among Korean employees
Added: 13 Nov 2007
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Seoul, Korea - Hankook Tire has confirmed that a number of its Korean emplo…

Fenner acquires the assets of B-LOC
Added: 13 Nov 2007
London -- Fenner PLC has purchased nearly all of the operating assets and liabilities of B-LOC, thr…

Michelin to invest, make cuts at Stoke plant
Added: 12 Nov 2007
Stoke-on-Trent, UK -Â Michelin UK is to cease calendering operations at its Stoke plant with the lo…