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Farrel aims to go private as investment group offers to buy shares
Added: 4 Jan 2007
Ansonia, Connecticut -Â Farrel Corp. has agreed with an un-named private investor group to buy all …
Six auto seal suppliers in China
Added: 4 Jan 2007
Beijing Wanyuan-GDX Automotive Sealing Products Co.
A joint venture of GDX Automotive Co. of Farmin…
Russian banking group owns 26 percent of Amtel-Vredestein
Added: 4 Jan 2007
Moscow -Â the Alfa-Group, a privately-held Russian banking and investment company, said it has incr…
USW workers back on the job at Goodyear plants
Added: 4 Jan 2007
Akron, Ohio - Union workers who had been striking for nearly three months at 16 Goodyear production…
S&P removes Goodyear from CreditWatch
Added: 4 Jan 2007
Akron, Ohio - Standard & Poor's Rating Services affirmed its B+ rating on Goodyear but removed the …
News from elsewhere on the web 04/Jan/07
Added: 4 Jan 2007
(11 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
NR price breaks $2/kg once more
Added: 4 Jan 2007
Singapore - Natural rubber prices are starting to rise once more, having risen by around 30 percent…
Peter Allen
Added: 3 Jan 2007
Brickendonbury, UK -Â Peter Allen died suddenly on 24 December.
Peter Allen spent a career in the na…
News from elsewhere on the web 03/Jan/07
Added: 3 Jan 2007
(37 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Kumho pioneers use of rayon replacement fibre, 'Lyocell'
Added: 3 Jan 2007
Seoul, Korea - Kumho Tyres has introduced a range of tyres that use the proprietary Lyocell fibre a…
Hankook recalling Chinese-made Aurora-brand truck tyres
Added: 3 Jan 2007
Wayne, New Jersey - Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. is recalling 12 sizes of Aurora-brand medium truck tyres …
Goodyear, Hyosung complete first phase of tyre fabric unit sale
Added: 3 Jan 2007
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has completed the sale of its global tyre fabric operations to Hyosung Corp.…
US rubber processor, Pelmor signs Thai partner
Added: 3 Jan 2007
Newtown Philadelphia - Pelmor Laboratories, Inc., a rubber products manufacturer, has entered into …
Indian Government promotes rubber in Tripura
Added: 3 Jan 2007
Tripura State, India - Shri Jairam Ramesh, India's Minister of State for Commerce has completed a t…
Bekaert intends to buy Uralkord
Added: 2 Jan 2007
Kortrijk, Belgium - NV Bekaert SA has signed a declaration of intent to acquire the Russian Uralkor…
Lanxess imposes €400/tonne rises on NBR, increases other prices
Added: 2 Jan 2007
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG is imposing price increases of up to €400/tonne on some grades o…
Solutia to buy out Akzo stake in Flexsys
Added: 2 Jan 2007
Brussels - Solutia Inc. has reached an agreement to buy Akzo Nobel NV's share of Flexsys NV, a 50-5…
Union approves Goodyear pact by 2-1 margin; will return to work today
Added: 2 Jan 2007
Akron, Ohio - Striking Goodyear employees in the US will return to work today after approving a new…
Bridgestone to build €180 million OTR tyre plant in Japan
Added: 2 Jan 2007
Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp. plans to build a plant for large off-the-road tyres in Japan over the com…
