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Private equity company buys out Michelin, Woco JV
Added: 25 Sep 2007
Starnberg, Germany -Â German private equity fund Arques Industries AG has acquired all the shares i…
News from elsewhere on the web 24/Sept/07
Added: 24 Sep 2007
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Dow increases prices of elastomers, plastomers in Versify range
Added: 24 Sep 2007
Midland, Michigan - Effective 1 Oct, 2007, Dow Europe GmbH will increase the price for all grades o…
Rhodia appoints Marc Chollet as group strategy vice president
Added: 24 Sep 2007
paris - Rhodia has named Marc Chollet as group strategy vice president and member of the executive …
Michelin releases August tyre industry data
Added: 24 Sep 2007
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with market data for the month of August.
The new data sho…
Shanghai Tyre changes name to Double Coin
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Monrovia, California -- Shanghai Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd., recently changed its name to Double Coin…
Goodyear breaks ground on Gadsden expansion
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Gadsden, Alabama -- Goodyear has broken ground on a $100 million-plus, two- to three-year modernisa…
News from elsewhere on the web 21/Sept/07
Added: 21 Sep 2007
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Shanghai Tyre changes name to Double Coin
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Monrovia, California - Shanghai Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd., recently changed its name to Double Coin …
Goodyear breaks ground on Gadsden expansion
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Gadsden, Alabama - Goodyear has broken ground on a $100 million-plus, two- to three-year modernisat…
Bridgestone lays foundation stone of Polish truck tyre plant
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Stargard, Szczenski Poland - On 13 Sept, Bridgestone Europe laid the foundation stone on the constr…
Bridgestone lays foundation stone of Polish truck tyre plant
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Stargard, Szczenski Poland -- On 13 Sept, Bridgestone Europe laid the foundation stone on the const…
Lanxess raises prices in rubber chemicals
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Leverkusen, Germany - As of 1 Oct. 2007, Lanxess will globally increase its prices for rubber chemi…
Lanxess invests in rubber capacity
Added: 21 Sep 2007
London -- Lanxess is developing new grades of functionalised rubber to deliver improved performance…
DuPont in $500 million Kevlar expansion plan
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Wilmington, Delaware - DuPont has said it intends to spend $500 million (€360 million) to expand it…
Private equity group buys MAPS North American operations
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Chicago, Illinois ? Wynnchurch Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm, announced it has acqui…
Malaysian NR production continues decline
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Kuala Lumpur -- Production of natural rubber (NR) in July 2007 was recorded at 104,286 tonnes, down…
KKPC to expand three rubber plants in Korea - report
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Seoul -- Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., has reportedly said it intends to expand its rubber operati…
Lanxess invests Euro 10 million to add capacity for EVM
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess is to expand production of its ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVM)…
Rob Oudshoorn to re-join Amtel-Vredestein executive board
Added: 21 Sep 2007
Enschede, The Netherlands -Amtel-Vredestein NV said it has increased the size of its executive boar…
