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Metzeler North America is part of worldwide plans for Wynnchurch
Added: 8 Oct 2007
By Brent Snavely, Crain's Detroit Business
Chicago, Illinois -Â Chicago-based Wynnchurch Capital int…

ICIS to launch price reporting service for NBR materials in Asia
Added: 8 Oct 2007
Singapore - ICIS pricing, has launched a new weekly Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) report, in…

MRF to start making aero tyres - report
Added: 8 Oct 2007
Chennai, India - During a press conference reporting the company's annual results, MRF chairman, K.…

Daetwyler seals used in Bosphorus tunnels
Added: 8 Oct 2007
Schattdorf, Switzerland -Â Sealing gaskets by Daetwyler Rubber are being used in the construction o…

Rubber forum scheduled for 7 November at Burton College, UK
Added: 8 Oct 2007
Burton, UK -Â A rubber forum on the subject of Processing of elastomers is scheduled for Wed. 7 Nov…

Sibur Yaroslavl wins ISO/TS 16949:2002
Added: 8 Oct 2007
Yaroslavl, Russia -Â Sibur - Russian Tyres' said its plant in Yaroslavl has passed an independent c…

News from elsewhere on the web (08/Oct/07)
Added: 8 Oct 2007
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Dow's latest polyolefin elastomer aimed at auto sector
Added: 8 Oct 2007
Horgen, Switzerland - The Dow Chemical Company has introduced ENR 7487.00 developmental polyolefin …

Mannino stepping down as head of Pirelli Tire North America
Added: 8 Oct 2007
Rome, Georgia. - Gaetano (Guy) Mannino, president of Pirelli Tire North America (PTNA) Inc. since F…

Hankook gains access to test tracks
Added: 5 Oct 2007
Geumsan, South Korea -Â Hankook Tire has signed a long-term contract to use the IDIADA test track i…

Ireland introduces new scrap tyre tracking scheme
Added: 5 Oct 2007
Dublin, Ireland - The Irish Environment Ministry has launched a tyre recycling initiative which com…

New reports published on auto parts, gaskets & seals and wire and cable
Added: 5 Oct 2007
Villeurbanne , France -Â Information broker, report Linker is selling three new reports from Globa…

New reports published on tyre industries in UK, Poland, Canada
Added: 5 Oct 2007
Dublin, reland - Information broker Research & Markets is selling three reports which claim to give…

New silane minimises ethanol emissions
Added: 5 Oct 2007
Wilton, Connecticut - The former GE Advanced Materials business has introduced a silane coupling ag…

News from elsewhere on the web (05/Oct/07)
Added: 5 Oct 2007
(22 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Avon Rubber wins go-ahead for M50 mask in US
Added: 5 Oct 2007
Melksham, UK -Â The US military has authorised full-scale purchases of Avon Rubber's M50 mask for p…

Amtel-Vredestein appoints new board members at EGM
Added: 5 Oct 2007
Enschede, The Netherlands -Amtel-Vredestein NV held an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholder…

Amtel-Vredestein's losses increase in first half
Added: 5 Oct 2007
Enschede, Netherlands -Losses at troubled Russian tyre maker Amtel-Vredestein increased in the firs…

Michelin to close Toul plant, restructure in Spain
Added: 4 Oct 2007
Clermont-Ferrand,France - Group Michelin wants to close a plant in France and restructure its opera…

SSL to close UK technical centre, Spanish condom plant
Added: 4 Oct 2007
London -- SSL International plc has announced plans to close its Durex condom factory at Rubi, near…