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Shanghai Tyre developing larger radial OTR tyres

Added: 20 Aug 2007

Monrovia, California - Shanghai Tyre & Rubber Co. is expanding into larger size radial off-the-road…

Advanced ID develops a tyre authentication system based on RFID

Added: 17 Aug 2007

Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Advanced ID Corp. and SkyeTek, Inc. have jointly developed an asset trac…

'Diggerland' play park to use Airboss segmented tyres

Added: 17 Aug 2007

Gloucestershire, UK - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 …