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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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Lanxess AG has reported a good second quarter. In performance rubber, the co…

Trelleborg completes Mehren Rubber acquisition

Added: 16 Aug 2006

Stockholm, Sweden - 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 - 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…