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Degussa lifts price of rubber silanes by 10-15 %

Added: 5 Sep 2006

Frankfurt am Main, Germany -- Degussa AG will raise the price of its rubber silanes by between 10 a…

Apollo aims to raise €62 m in share issue

Added: 5 Sep 2006

Gurgaon, India - Apollo Tyres Ltd will try to raise 3650 million rupees (€62 million) through a s…

News from elsewhere on the web 5/Sep/06

Added: 5 Sep 2006

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

Report looks at global thermoplastic elastomers industry

Added: 5 Sep 2006

Dublin - Corporate information broker Research and Markets has released a new report on the global …

Bridgestone appoints new vice president of OE sales and motorsport

Added: 4 Sep 2006

Tokyo - Hideo Hara has been appointed Bridgestone Corp's vice president responsible of original equ…

News from elsewhere on the web 04/Sep/06

Added: 4 Sep 2006

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

Wacker exhibits liquid silicone products at CIGRE

Added: 4 Sep 2006

Munich, Germany - Wacker Chemie AG presented its liquid silicone rubber grades for the manufacture …

Parkway Products goes through management buyout

Added: 4 Sep 2006

Florence, Kentucky - Parkway Products Inc., a manufacturer of rubber engineering products, has been…

Michelin´s Chinese plant achieves ISO 14001

Added: 4 Sep 2006

Shenyang, China -- Michelin´s tyre plant in Shenyang has achieved ISO 14001 certification with the…

Conti to set up global IT unit in India

Added: 1 Sep 2006

New Delhi, India - Continental AG,has announced plans to set up a Global IT Competence Centre in I…

Michelin to lay off 90 at Dundee plant in January

Added: 1 Sep 2006

By Mark Gertskis.

London - Michelin is seeking 90 voluntary redundancies at its Dundee factory but p…

JADE releases details of rubber futures contract

Added: 1 Sep 2006

Singapore - The Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE) has released the details of its Technically…

Dunlop Aircraft Tyres joins IRSG

Added: 1 Sep 2006

London -- Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Ltd has joined the International Rubber Study Group's panel of asso…

News from elsewhere on the web 1/Sept/06

Added: 1 Sep 2006

(15 stories)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers …

Liberia, United Nations move to repossess Sinoe rubber plantation

Added: 1 Sep 2006

Monrovia -- The United Nations has promised to help the Liberian government repossess the Sinoe nat…

RMA: Tread rubber shipments to rise 1.7% in US

Added: 1 Sep 2006

Washington -- US tread rubber shipments should rise 1.7 percent through the rest of 2006, according…

Omya lifts calcium carbonate prices

Added: 1 Sep 2006

Atlanta, Georgia -- Omya Inc, the North American arm of Swiss firm Omya AG, will raise the price fo…

Bridgestone overtakes Michelin as largest tyre maker

Added: 31 Aug 2006

London - Bridgestone Corp. has supplanted Michelin as the world's largest tyre maker, based on its …

BASF lifts price of styrene-butadiene block copolymer in Europe

Added: 31 Aug 2006

Ludwigshafen, Germany - BASF AG will raise the price of its Styrolux styrene-butadiene block copoly…

Chemical industry researcher joins IRSG

Added: 31 Aug 2006

London -- SRI Consulting, a division of US information company Access Intelligence LLC, has joined …