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Last chance for Compounding companies to participate in ERJ survey
Added: 10 Apr 2007
London - In the next issue of ERJ, we will be reporting on the custom compounding business, and pub…

News from elsewhere on the web 04/Apr/07
Added: 4 Apr 2007
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Bandag shareholders OK sale to Bridgestone
Added: 4 Apr 2007
Muscatine, Iowa - Bandag Inc.'s shareholders have approved the $1050 million sale of the company to…

Wacker Silicones to add finishing plant in Czech Republic
Added: 4 Apr 2007
Munich, Germany - Wacker Chemie AG's Wacker Silicones unit will expand its capacity for ready-to-us…

Lanxess to debottleneck EPDM plants, add capacity
Added: 4 Apr 2007
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess is to de-bottleneck its ethylene-propylene rubber factories in Marl, …

Vulcan says Goodyear is top conveyor belt supplier
Added: 3 Apr 2007
Akron, Ohio -Â Vulcan Material, the leading US construction aggregate provider has named Goodyear E…

News from elsewhere on the web 03/Apr/07
Added: 3 Apr 2007
(10 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone, Continental, GITI Tire named GM´s top tyre suppliers
Added: 3 Apr 2007
Detroit, Michigan -- General Motors Corp. selected three tyre companies to receive the auto maker´…

Rapra celebrates a year since the buyout
Added: 3 Apr 2007
Shawbury, Shropshire -Â it is now a year since Smithers Scientific acquired Rapra Technology Ltd. R…

LuV expands rubber chemical sourcing in China
Added: 3 Apr 2007
Hamburg, Germany - Lehmann & Voss & Co. has founded a subsidiary in Beijing to further consolidate …

Avon Rubber issues trading update
Added: 2 Apr 2007
London -Â Avon Rubber has said it encountered unexpected costs in the commissioning of its M50 resp…

News from elsewhere on the web 02/Apr/07
Added: 2 Apr 2007
(11 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Michelin "to make big investments in China" - report is not confirmed
Added: 2 Apr 2007
Liaoning, China - Chinese press sources are saying Michelin is planning to spend around $300 millio…

Michelin to launch 'Energy Endurance Challenge' at 24h du le Mans
Added: 30 Mar 2007
Circuit du Castellet, France - Michelin has announced a new award for the the 2007 Le Mans 24 Hours…

News from elsewhere on the web 30/Mar/07
Added: 30 Mar 2007
(12 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Turkish company to buy Dana's hose and tube business
Added: 30 Mar 2007
Toledo, Ohio - Orhan Holding AS plans to buy Dana Corp.'s fluid products hose and tubing business a…

Lanxess lifts NBR, CR prices by another €300 / tonne
Added: 30 Mar 2007
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess' technical rubber products (TRP) business unit is to increase its pri…

Global windscreen wiper systems market analysed
Added: 29 Mar 2007
Dublin, Ireland - Research broker, Research & Markets is selling a report into the global wiper sy…

Wacker Chemie's sales, profits jumped in 2006
Added: 29 Mar 2007
Munich, Germany - Wacker Chemie AG's net income more than doubled during 2006 to $415 million as sa…

Open meeting on REACH is free, but registration is required
Added: 29 Mar 2007
Helsinki, Finland - Registration for CASCADE Open Forum on 18 April, 2007 in Helsinki, Finland is n…