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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…
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Added: 17 Oct 2007
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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…
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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 -Â 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 SÃ rl has bought a 90 percent stake in Rongcheng Cheng…
Amtel-Vredestein to supply Renault Logan factory
Added: 15 Oct 2007
Moscow -Â Amtel-Vredestein NV has won an exclusive contract to supply tyres to the OJSC Autoframos …
