Latest News
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…
Bridgestone: "no comment" on Indian tyre factory
Added: 10 Jul 2007
Madhya Pradesh, India - Bridgestone declined to make any comment on reports coming out of India tha…
Michelin opens tread manufacturing plant in Mexico
Added: 10 Jul 2007
Queretaro, Mexico - Michelin opened its Michelin Retread Technologies tread manufacturing plant in …
France's Elastopôle is eligible for government funds
Added: 10 Jul 2007
Paris - The Elastopôle initiative established by the French Rubber industry federation, SNCP in J…
Performance Fibers sets up European HQ in Luxembourg
Added: 10 Jul 2007
Bascharage, Luxembourg -Â Performance Fibers, the maker of polyester tyre cord, will establish a n…
Suppliers: Rough times will continue
Added: 9 Jul 2007
By Jesse Snyder, Automotive News Europe
Prague - Suppliers want more business with virtually all aut…
CO2 goal worries Arp
Added: 9 Jul 2007
By Dale Jewett, Automotive News Europe
Prague, Czech Republic -Â Automakers are facing tough, expens…
Conti knows how to survive
Added: 9 Jul 2007
By Tony Lewin, Automotive News Europe
Continental CEO Manfred Wennemer says the No. 1 rule for autom…
Opinion - Automakers still must work on supplier relations
Added: 9 Jul 2007
This opinion piece was printed in this week's issue of Automotive News Europe
London -Automotive sup…
News from elsewhere on the web 09/July/07
Added: 9 Jul 2007
(14 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Lanxess brings butyl expansion on stream, begins second phase at Sarnia
Added: 9 Jul 2007
Leverkusen, Germany -Â In addition to planning a huge factory for butyl rubber in Asia, Lanxess AG …
Mitsui to double capacity for Tafmer olefin elastomer in Singapore
Added: 9 Jul 2007
Singapore - Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI) is to build a second 100 kt/year plant to make its range …
Latex allergy videos posted on YouTube
Added: 9 Jul 2007
Cyberspace -Â YouTube user, patrick02019 has posted two informative videos about natural rubber lat…
Dana closes sale of European hose and tubing operations
Added: 6 Jul 2007
Toledo, Ohio -- Dana Corp. has closed the sale of its European fluid products hose and tubing opera…
