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'Diggerland' play park to use Airboss segmented tyres
Added: 17 Aug 2007
Gloucestershire, UK -Â A UK childrens' theme park based around JCB-brand earthmovers has selected A…
Majority of UK rubber firms in private hands
Added: 17 Aug 2007
By David Arminas
London - Britain's privately-owned rubber firms are ripe for takeovers, according t…
News from elsewhere on the web 17/August/07
Added: 17 Aug 2007
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Showa to buy Best Manufacturing
Added: 17 Aug 2007
Menlo, Georgia - Tillotson Corp. plans to sell subsidiary Best Manufacturing Co. to Showa Glove of …
Veyance moves HQ to Akron suburb
Added: 17 Aug 2007
Akron, Ohio - Veyance Technologies Inc., the former Goodyear Engineered Products division, plans to…
PolymerLatex to add world-scale X-NBR latex plant in Malaysia
Added: 16 Aug 2007
Marl, Germany - PolymerLatex is to add capacity for carboxylated nitrile latex to meet the needs of…
Avon Rubber launches CBRN mask for UK military
Added: 16 Aug 2007
London - Avon Rubber plc will show its ST53 multi-role RPE protection system at the DSEi show in Lo…
Avon Rubber marks launch of C50 respirator in US
Added: 16 Aug 2007
Bluffton, Indiana - In a contest celebrating the launch of its C50 respirator, Avon Protection Syst…
Lanxess sales fall on sale of Lustran business, but underlying strength is good
Added: 16 Aug 2007
Leverkusen, Germany -Â Excluding exceptional effects including the sale of its Lustran business, La…
Ansell reports stronger sales, but net profit falls on higher latex prices
Added: 16 Aug 2007
Melbourne, Australia - Sales of Australian healthcare goods supplier Ansell increased by around 15 …
Carbon bank available from Morgan Stanley
Added: 16 Aug 2007
London -Â Morgan Stanley has created a carbon bank with the stated aim of "assisting clients seekin…
News from elsewhere on the web 16/August/07
Added: 16 Aug 2007
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…
'Exploding frogs' featured in NHTSA tyre safety TV ad
Added: 16 Aug 2007
Washington DC - Hot summer roads can cause tyres to blow out without proper maintenance, according …
Goodyear to make investments, repay debt with Engineered Products proceeds
Added: 16 Aug 2007
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear is considering building new tyre plants in Eastern Europe and Asia along wit…
Contitech opens hose assembly unit in Friedberg
Added: 15 Aug 2007
Friedberg, Germany - ContiTech Techno-Chemie, headquartered in Karben, has opened a new plant in ne…
Sales, profits increase in first half for Cooper Standard Auto
Added: 15 Aug 2007
Novi, Michigan -Â Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., the parent company of Cooper-Standard Automotive I…
Gamunex declares pharmaceutical stoppers latex-free
Added: 15 Aug 2007
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina - Pharmaceutical manufacturer, Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc…
Solutia lifts global prices of Crystex, Santoflex
Added: 15 Aug 2007
St Louis, Missouri - Solutia Inc. is raising the price for Crystex insoluble sulphur and Santoflex …
ExxonMobil launches EPM grade for cables
Added: 15 Aug 2007
Houston, Texas - ExxonMobil Chemical Co. has introduced Vistalon EPM rubber 722 which, it says, can…
SmarTire in three-year deal with GE sensing for TPMS
Added: 15 Aug 2007
Richmond, British Columbia- SmarTire Systems Inc. has signed a 3 year agreement with GE Sensing for…
