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Cadillac Rubber pumps $7.6 million into Michigan plants
Added: 18 Aug 2006
By Rhoda Miel
Cadillac, Michigan -- Cadillac Rubber & Plastics Inc. will invest $7.6 million (€5.9…

Federal Tire lifts tyre price by 7 percent
Added: 18 Aug 2006
Taipei -- Federal Tire Corp. will raise prices by 7 percent across its full line of tyres on 1 Oct.…

RohmNova to boost prices on styrene-containing emulsion polymers
Added: 18 Aug 2006
Mogadore, Ohio -- RohmNova, a joint venture of Rohm and Haas Co. and Omnova Solutions Inc., will li…

Titan inks five-year tyre supply agreement with Deere
Added: 18 Aug 2006
Quincy, Illinois -- Titan Tire Corp., a subsidiary of Titan International Inc., has entered a new f…

Cabot starts fumed silica operations in China
Added: 17 Aug 2006
Jiangxi Province,China - Cabot Corp. has announced the start-up of China's first world-class fumed…

Display maker buys US rubber component company
Added: 17 Aug 2006
Atlanta, Georgia - Video Display Corp., a US designer and manufacturer of display devices, has acqu…

Therban AT based on Grubbs' catalysts from Materia
Added: 17 Aug 2006
Pasadena, California - Materia Inc. a California-based catalysis company has said Lanxess AG's Ther…

Bridgestone wins exclusive OE on Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Added: 17 Aug 2006
Brussels -Â Aston Martin has selected Bridgestone tyres as exclusive OE fitment on its V8 Vantage.…

Trelleborg to buy Danish roofing businesses
Added: 17 Aug 2006
Trelleborg, Sweden -Â Trelleborg Building Systems is to acquire the operations of Denmark-based Het…

Freudenberg-NOK appoints Batchik to Quality V-P
Added: 17 Aug 2006
Plymouth, Michigan - Freudenberg-NOK has named John Batchik as vice president of quality. The annou…

Skellerup full-year revenues boosted by acquisitions
Added: 17 Aug 2006
Auckland, New Zealand -Â Skellerup Holdings reported group revenues up by 34 percent, to NZ$159 mil…

News from elsewhere on the web 17/August/06
Added: 17 Aug 2006
(15 items)London - The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers m…

MTI Global posts net loss and 7.5 percent drop in sales for Q2
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Mississauga, Canada - MTI Global Inc. posted a C$210 000 (€146 444) net loss for the second quart…

Lanxess reports strong earnings in H1; but margins slip in rubber
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Leverkusen, Germany -Â Lanxess AG has reported a good second quarter. In performance rubber, the co…

Trelleborg completes Mehren Rubber acquisition
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Stockholm, Sweden -Â Trelleborg's acquisition of Mehren Rubber A/S through its Engineered Systems b…

Report studies wiper blade aftermarket in US
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Palo Alto, California -Â New technology in wiper blades for automotive windscreens is changing the …

News from elsewhere on the web 16/August/06
Added: 16 Aug 2006
(10 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Pirelli R&D chief to give ITEC keynote address
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Akron, Ohio -- Maurizio Boiocchi, senior vice president and director of research and development fo…

BASF boosting prices for SBR latex
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Charlotte, North Carolina -- BASF is raising the price of its styrene-butadiene latex products, bla…

Cooper names European VP
Added: 16 Aug 2006
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. has named Julian Baldwin vice president of its European…