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BRPPA to hold social event on 23 November in Nottingham
Added: 18 Oct 2007
London - The British Rubber and Polyurethane Products Association (BRPPA) is planning a dinner-danc…
Snapdata reports on UK tyre replacement market
Added: 18 Oct 2007
Dublin, Ireland -Â A new report on the UK replcement tyre market is available on the website of inf…
UK tyre recycling group plans meeting on 23 Jan in Birmingham
Added: 18 Oct 2007
London -Â The UK-based Tyre Recovery Association's second annual Forum Day will be on 23 Jan, 2008 …
Wacker raises prices for silicone products
Added: 18 Oct 2007
Munich, Germany - Wacker Silicones is raising the prices of all its silicone products worldwide eff…
Hankook is on a mission - Bonus feature
Added: 17 Oct 2007
By David Shaw, ERJ editor
Seoul, Korea -Â Hankook Tire is on a mission to raise its brand value. The…
Avon wins NIOSH approval for Z-Seven SCBA
Added: 17 Oct 2007
Melksham, UK -Â Avon Rubber plc said its Viking Z Seven has received National Institute for Occupat…
Israel begins enforcement of scrap tyre laws
Added: 17 Oct 2007
Tel Aviv - Israel's environment ministry said it has begun a national campaign aimed at enforcing t…
Lanxess adds Nd catalysts to BR unit in Orange
Added: 17 Oct 2007
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG started production of neodymium polybutadiene (NdPBR) at its site …
Pirelli signs deal to develop MIRS, CCM, cyber tyre with local university
Added: 17 Oct 2007
Turin, Italy - The Politecnico di Torino and Pirelli have signed a five-year framework agreement fo…
Imerys to raise prices for kaolin sold to paper industry
Added: 17 Oct 2007
Brussels - Imerys Pigments for Paper will raise global kaolin prices for its pigments for paper pro…
News from elsewhere on the web (17/Oct/07)
Added: 17 Oct 2007
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
European Chemicals Agency selects executive director
Added: 17 Oct 2007
Helsinki -Â Geert Dancet has been nominated to the post of executive director of the European Chemi…
Rising Tyre Co to raise €23 million to upgrade Chinese tyre plant
Added: 17 Oct 2007
London - A company based in the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands is planning to raise up to …
ExxonMobil launches website to help designers select Santoprene materials
Added: 16 Oct 2007
Houston, Texas -Â ExxonMobil Chemical has launched a website called Material Experience that, "str…
BP extends terephthalic acid link with Avantium
Added: 16 Oct 2007
Amsterdam - BP has extended for three years its collaboration with Dutch company Avantium to develo…
Safic-Alcan creates subsidiaries in Poland, Romania
Added: 16 Oct 2007
Paris - Safic Alcan, the materials distributor, has opened subsidiary offices in Poland and Romania…
Who supplies whom in the auto sector - chassis and underbody
Added: 16 Oct 2007
Dublin, Ireland - A database of suppliers to the European and North American automotive industry is…
News from elsewhere on the web (16/Oct/07)
Added: 16 Oct 2007
(18 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
European passenger car registrations up slightly in first nine months of 2007
Added: 16 Oct 2007
Brussels - By the end of the third quarter of 2007, passenger car registrations in Europe (EU27+EFT…
Solutia files plan to withdraw from Chapter 11
Added: 16 Oct 2007
St Louis, Missouri - Further to an announcement on 27 Sept, Solutia Inc. has formally filed its agr…
