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ETRMA 2006 data confirms growing demand for ELTs derived products
Added: 18 Jul 2007
Brussels -- ETRMA has published its annual end-of-life tyres (ELT) recovery data, showing that the …

EU car registrations rise in May; new EU member states market decline
Added: 16 Jul 2007
Brussels - With over 1.5 million new cars registered in June 2007, car registration in the 26 count…

News from elsewhere on the web 16/July/07
Added: 16 Jul 2007
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Study shows recycled rubber powders reduce greenhouse gases
Added: 16 Jul 2007
Naples, Florida - Using recycled rubber powders in manufacturing offers significant reductions in g…

GM may build plant in eastern Europe
Added: 16 Jul 2007
By Jesse Snyder, Automotive News
Detroit, Michigan -- General Motors may build an assembly plant in …

Cogent appoints skills director for UK polymer industry
Added: 12 Jul 2007
London -Â Cogent SSC has appointed Tony Pringle as skills director for the polymers industry. Pring…

News from elsewhere on the web 12/July/07
Added: 12 Jul 2007
(10 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Alliance Tire goes to investors for $150 million
Added: 11 Jul 2007
Hadera. Israel - Alliance Tire Co., the Israeli tyre maker is being sold to a group of investors f…

Lanxess starts work on Rhein Chemie - 70 jobs to go
Added: 11 Jul 2007
Mannheim, Germany -Â Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH is to re-structure, following negotiations with empl…

Lawyers weigh in on Hangzhou Zhongce dispute
Added: 11 Jul 2007
Reheboth, Massachusetts -Â Safety advocates and an attorney representing the families of three men …

Militant new union leaders to open negotiations in Liberia
Added: 11 Jul 2007
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Workers in Liberia are celebrating “A new day on the Firestone Planta…

News from elsewhere on the web 11/July/07
Added: 11 Jul 2007
(8 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Report studies market for solvent-based rubber cement in China
Added: 11 Jul 2007
Dublin, Ireland - It is rare to find a report that purports to give data on the demand for solvent…

Bridgestone switches GP2 race tyre production out of Japan
Added: 11 Jul 2007
Rome - Bridgestone Corp. will base GP2 Series tyre production and quality control at its technical …

Apollo to use waste steam at Vadodara plant
Added: 11 Jul 2007
New Delhi, India - Apollo Tyres Ltd has signed a deal to buy waste steam from the GAIL power genera…

IRSG publishes five Secretariat papers
Added: 11 Jul 2007
London - The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has released five Secretariat Conference Paper…

Thailand's BoI approves NBR latex plant
Added: 10 Jul 2007
Bangkok, Thailand - Thailand's Board of Investment has approved a number of projects relevant to t…

Helvoet Pharma starts new rubber plant in Belgium
Added: 10 Jul 2007
Alken, Belgium - Helvoet Pharma - the pharmaceutical closures division of Swiss company, Dätwyler…

Rapra's 10th TPE conference set for Cologne on 23, 24 October
Added: 10 Jul 2007
Shawbury, UK -Â Smithers Rapra Technology is holding the tenth international conference on thermopl…

News from elsewhere on the web 10/July/07
Added: 10 Jul 2007
(16 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…