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IISRP updates butadiene popcorn polymer resource book

Added: 29 May 2007

Houston, Texas - The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) has published an…

Goodyear may invest up to $125 million in Alabama plant

Added: 29 May 2007

Akron, Ohio - Local tax abatements were approved recently for a proposed $125 million investment in…

News from elsewhere on the web 29/May/07

Added: 29 May 2007

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ZF Rubber-metal sales declined slightly in 2006

Added: 29 May 2007

Damme, Germany - Sales at the rubber-metal bonding unit of ZF, ZF Boge Elastmetall, declined slight…

E & R Polymers closes - equipment to be sold

Added: 29 May 2007

Stanley, Co. Durham, UK - A small foamed rubber moulding company based in Stanley, Co. Durham: E &…

Bonus feature: Hankook's CEO reveals global strategy

Added: 24 May 2007

Akron, Ohio - Seung Hwa Suh was the man in charge of the construction of Hankook Tire Co. Ltd.'s fi…

Michelin to name research lab after late CEO

Added: 24 May 2007

Greenville, South Carolina - Michelin North America Inc. will name a laboratory being built to supp…

News from elsewhere on the web 24/May/07

Added: 24 May 2007

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Freudenberg Group continues to increase sales and result

Added: 24 May 2007

Weinheim, Germany - The Freudenberg Group reported sales over €5000 million for the year to Dece…

US firm takes TPMS to the next step - an inflation system

Added: 23 May 2007

Orlando, Florida - A US company, Maxair-ATMI, is marketing a retro-fit tyre inflation system under…

Freudenberg-NOK to sell part of Corteco aftermarket unit

Added: 23 May 2007

Plymouth, Michigan - Freudenberg-NOK is to sell specific assets of Corteco's North American Traditi…

Michelin to auction tyre machinery in Ontario; USW to demonstrate

Added: 23 May 2007

Kitchener, Canada - A demonstration is being held tomorrow to coincide with Michelin's planned auc…

News from elsewhere on the web 23/May/07

Added: 23 May 2007

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Kumho breaks ground on TBR plant in China

Added: 23 May 2007

Rancho Cucamonga, California - Kumho Tire Co. Inc. broke ground May 16 on its fourth tyre plant in …

Chemtura to keep Flexzone, rubber chemical assets in sale to Lion Copolymer

Added: 22 May 2007

Middlebury, Connecticut -  Chemtura Corp. has withdrawn its Flexzone antiozonant and Danyang, Chin…

Chinese-made fluoroelastomers available in Europe

Added: 22 May 2007

Chenguang, China - Chenguang Research Institute of Chemical Industry (CRICI) in Sichuan province i…

Freudenberg profiled in short report

Added: 22 May 2007

Dublin, Ireland - A 30-page report profiling Freudenberg is now available from Research and Merket…

ExxonMobil offers two new Santoprene grades

Added: 22 May 2007

Houston, Texas - ExxonMobil Chemical has introduced two new grades of its TPV known as Santoprene. …

News from elsewhere on the web 22/May/07

Added: 22 May 2007

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Condoms boost SSL sales, profits in year to March

Added: 22 May 2007

London - Sales and profits both jumped at the UK-based healthcare company, SSL International PLC, …