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Zodiac, Carlyle and Jandy form JV for boats, pools

Added: 4 Oct 2007

Issy-le-Moulineaux, France -- Zodiac SA, best known for its inflatable boats has formed a joint ven…

Thai rubber exporters to evaluate rubber demand in Japan and S Korea

Added: 4 Oct 2007

Hatyai-Songkhla, Thailand -- Thai rubber exporters will hold a trade mission to Japan and South Kor…

Avon Automotive names Dircks CFO

Added: 4 Oct 2007

Cadillac, Michigan -- Avon Automotive has appointed William Dircks as executive vice president and …

Moynihan to head Green Rubber Global; promote new technology

Added: 4 Oct 2007

Albuquerque, New Mexico -- Green Rubber Global, the Malaysian-based rubber recycling technology gro…

Ray Kollar named as vice president of commercial services for Flexsys

Added: 4 Oct 2007

St Louis, Missouri -- Solutia Inc. has named Ray

Kollar vice president of commercial services for it…

Metzeler North America announces new CEO

Added: 4 Oct 2007

Chicago, Illinois -- Metzeler Automotive Profile Systems - North America

("MAPS NA"), recently acqui…

GreenMan Technologies acquires Welch Products

Added: 3 Oct 2007

Carlisle, Iowa -- GreenMan Technologies, Inc., a US-based tyre recycling company, has acquired Welc…

Pirelli's new China plant to start production

Added: 3 Oct 2007

By Namrita Chow, Tire Business correspondent

Yanzhou City, China - Pirelli Tyre SpA expects to begin…

News from elsewhere on the web 03/October/07

Added: 3 Oct 2007

(8 items) London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers m…

Cooper signs JV with Mexican company; finalises production arrangement

Added: 2 Oct 2007

Findlay, Ohio -- The Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has announced that it has entered into a 50:50 jo…

Freudenberg-NOK appoints Vibracoustic N America president

Added: 2 Oct 2007

Plymouth, Michigan -- Vibracoustic North America, the NVH business of Freudenberg-NOK, has appointe…

Lanxess increases prices for CR rubber grades as of today

Added: 1 Oct 2007

Leverkusen, Germany -- From 1 October Lanxess's Technical Rubber Products business unit has increas…

Tomkins' director of finance steps down

Added: 1 Oct 2007

London -- The Board of Tomkins plc has announced that as of 1 October Kenneth Lever will step down …

DSM to sell EPDM, TPV businesses

Added: 30 Sep 2007

Geleen, Netherlands -- DSM has said its two elastomers business are no longer part of its core acti…

News from elsewhere on the web (28/Sep/2007)

Added: 30 Sep 2007

(14 items)

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers m…

Shanghai Tyre changes subsidiaries´ names -- except CMA

Added: 30 Sep 2007

Monrovia, California -- Shanghai Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd. is changing the names of most of its subs…

Fraunhofer LBF demonstrates LBF wheel-road simulator

Added: 30 Sep 2007

Darmstadt, Germany -†The Fraunhofer Institute LBF has demonstrated its LBF wheel-road simulator. A …

UAW calls off strike at GM as tentative agreement reached

Added: 30 Sep 2007

Detroit, Michigan -† The United Autoworkers Union (UAW) said its negotiators reached a tentative ag…

Skellerup close to final negotiations in divestment of non-rubber business

Added: 30 Sep 2007

Christchurch, New Zealand - Skellerup Holdings says it is in negotiations with parties who wish to …

Solutia ready to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Added: 30 Sep 2007

St Louis, Missouri -†Solutia Inc. said it has secured the support of all of the major constituents …