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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 - 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

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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…

SSL predicts sales up by 9 percent in first half

Added: 16 Oct 2007

London - Healthcare and condom manufacturer SSL has said it expects sales for the six months to 30 …

Keltan to convert line to make high-efficiency peroxide-cure elastomers

Added: 15 Oct 2007

Geleen, Netherlands - DSM's Elastomer business is to convert one of its three EPDM production lines…

New Chinese tyre plant dedicated to UHP tyres for export

Added: 15 Oct 2007

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Shanghai, China-Shandong Linglong Rubber Co. Ltd., producer of the Linglong, Shanlin…

Bekaert pulls out of Uralkord talks - another Russian venture fails

Added: 15 Oct 2007

Kortrijk, Belgium - After months of negotiation, Bekaert has withdrawn from talks with ZAO Uralkor…

Continental arranges € 13 500 million in loans to fund purchase of Siemens VDO

Added: 15 Oct 2007

Hanover, Germany - Continental AG, is closing the syndication of a €13 500 million loan package, su…

Arcelor buys Chinese steelcord producer; Cooper sells minority stake

Added: 15 Oct 2007

Luxembourg - ArcelorMittal Wire Drawing Asia Sàrl has bought a 90 percent stake in Rongcheng Cheng…

Amtel-Vredestein to supply Renault Logan factory

Added: 15 Oct 2007

Moscow - Amtel-Vredestein NV has won an exclusive contract to supply tyres to the OJSC Autoframos …

Rohm & Haas launches Megum grades at Rubber Expo

Added: 15 Oct 2007

Philidelphia, Pennsylvaia - Rohm and Haas has launched three new adhesives for manufacturers of spe…

Report investigates tyre making in the US

Added: 15 Oct 2007

Dublin, Ireland - The latest monthly report from the US company Supplier Relations claims to offer…

News from elsewhere on the web (15/Oct/07)

Added: 15 Oct 2007

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Michelin clarifies Poland situation: investments already in place

Added: 12 Oct 2007

Olsztyn, Poland -- Michelin has clarified press reports from Poland suggesting that the French comp…

Michelin in Olsztyn, Poland - update and clarification

Added: 12 Oct 2007

Olsztyn, Poland -- Michelin has clarified press reports from Poland suggesting that the French comp…