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APABOR joins IRSG Panel of Associates
Added: 8 Aug 2007
London -Â The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has announced that Sao Paulo's Association of…
Taiwan SR Corp joins IRSG Panel of Associates
Added: 8 Aug 2007
London -Â The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has announced that Taiwan Synthetic Rubber Co…
IISRP publishes Statistics yearbook
Added: 8 Aug 2007
Houston, Texas - The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) has published th…
Hankook reports 11 percent growth with Q2 results
Added: 8 Aug 2007
Seoul, South Korea - Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. reported double-digit increases in second-quarter and fi…
Bekaert H1 results continue to show strong growth in China
Added: 8 Aug 2007
Kortrijk, Belgium -Â Chinese sales of steelcord continue to boom for Bekaert. The company reported …
Glanzstoff buys tyrecord converter, Sicrem
Added: 8 Aug 2007
Sankt Pölten, Austria - The Austrian rayon yarn-maker, Glanzstoff Group has bought the Italian fa…
Cabot, Columbian settle US carbon black class action
Added: 8 Aug 2007
Boston, Massachusetts -Â Purchasers of carbon black in the United States are advised that the two o…
Vita sells Calendering business to Excel Polymers
Added: 8 Aug 2007
Manchester, UK -Â Excel Polymers LLC has acquired Vita-Calender, the specialised rubber processing …
Cooling fins might reduce heat on Bridgestone runflats
Added: 8 Aug 2007
Tokyo -Â Future tyres from Bridgestone may use a type of aerodynamic cooling. The company has devel…
Frost and Sullivan publish report on the carbon black market
Added: 6 Aug 2007
London -- A report of the European markets for carbon black by consultancy firm Frost & Sullivan, h…
Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber believes its tyres are safe
Added: 6 Aug 2007
Washington DC -- Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. has issued a statement regarding the safety of its tyr…
ContiTech wins its fight against counterfeit belts in Taiwan
Added: 6 Aug 2007
Hanover, Germany -- ContiTech has won its court case in Taiwan against a Taiwanese trader and a gen…
Cooper names Robert Welding director
Added: 3 Aug 2007
Findlay, Ohio -- The Cooper Tire & Rubber company's board of directors has named Robert Welding a d…
Engineered Products gets new name
Added: 2 Aug 2007
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear Engineered Products has a new corporate name, Veyance Technologies Inc., bu…
Yokohama opens Indian subsidiary
Added: 2 Aug 2007
Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Co. (YRC) Ltd's new sales subsidiary in India started operations officially…
News from elsewhere on the web 02/August/07
Added: 2 Aug 2007
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Exousia Receives order for cargo boxes made from RPA
Added: 2 Aug 2007
Sugar Land, Texas -- Exousia Advanced Materials Inc. had announced that it has received a purchase …
ExxonMobil begins production of butyl rubber using new technology
Added: 1 Aug 2007
Houston, Texas -- ExxonMobil Chemical has begun butyl rubber production using “breakthrough†te…
Goodyear, Carlyle complete Engineered Products sale
Added: 1 Aug 2007
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has completed the sale of its Engineered Products business to EPD Inc., an …
Michelin to buy Cooper's Oliver Rubber for $69 million
Added: 1 Aug 2007
Greenville, South Carolina -- Michelin North America Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to buy …
