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Imerys slashes jobs in UK kaolin operations
Added: 7 Jul 2006
Paris - Imerys, the French-owned producer of kaolin (or china clay) has announced a plan to slash u…

Trelleborg buys construction profiles maker in US
Added: 7 Jul 2006
Trelleborg, Sweden - Through its Building Systems business area, Trelleborg has signed an agreement…

Trelleborg buys protective body suit company
Added: 7 Jul 2006
Trelleborg, Sweden -Â Through its Engineered Systems business area, Trelleborg has agreed to acquir…

Bridgestone to supply F1 tyres until 2010
Added: 7 Jul 2006
Paris -Â Formula One's ruling bodyk, the FIA has formally annonced that Bridgestone has been select…

Gates changing structure for power transmission business
Added: 7 Jul 2006
Denver, Colorado - Gates Corp. will create a new structure for its Worldwide Power Transmission Div…

Pirelli withdraws Pirelli Tyre IPO, citing unfavourable market conditions
Added: 7 Jul 2006
Milan, Italy - Pirelli & C. SpA has withdrawn the public offering of shares in Pirelli Tyre SpA, sa…

WRAP report from UK government agency praises retreading
Added: 7 Jul 2006
Bambury, UK - Tyre retreading saved the United Kingdom nearly 102 million litres of oil in 2005, ac…

Rhein Chemie to boost rubber product prices
Added: 7 Jul 2006
Chardon, Ohio - Rhein Chemie Corp. will increase prices across all rubber division product lines ef…

Ansell makes offer for Polish condom maker
Added: 7 Jul 2006
Red Bank, New Jersey - Glove and condom manufacturer Ansell Ltd. has made a $34 million (€26.6 mi…

Lanxess seeks long-term pricing
Added: 5 Jul 2006
Nuremberg, Germany - Lanxess' technical rubber goods business is offering an open proposal to all c…

Lanxess begins process to add CR capacity
Added: 5 Jul 2006
Nuremberg, Germany - Lanxess AG is applying to the German authorities to expand capacity for polych…

DPE clarifies CR position. Updated
Added: 5 Jul 2006
Nuremberg, Germany - DuPont Performance Elastomers has invested $50 million in its CR factory in Po…

Safic Alcan distributes for DSM Elastomers
Added: 5 Jul 2006
Nuremberg, Germany - From 1 July, Safic Alcan will be the main distributor of DSM Elastomers materi…

DPE launches Viton copolymer for injection moulders
Added: 5 Jul 2006
Nuremberg, Germany - DuPont Performance Elastomers has launched a new grade of Viton copolymers aim…

Tecno Compounds upgrading mixers
Added: 3 Jul 2006
Nuremberg, Germany - Tecno Compounds, the specialist compounder based in Siziano, Italy, is upgradi…

DKT opens in Nuremberg
Added: 3 Jul 2006
Nuremberg, Germany - The DKT has opened amid scorching temperatures in the southern German city of …

DKT opens on Monday
Added: 30 Jun 2006
Nuremberg, Germany - The biggest rubber show in Europe opens on Monday afternoon in Nürnberg, Germ…

News from elsewhere on the web 30/June/06
Added: 30 Jun 2006
(18 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Trelleborg buys Mar-Con group
Added: 30 Jun 2006
Stockholm, Sweden - Through its Engineered Systems business area, Trelleborg has acquired Mar-Con G…

Goodyear aims to close NZ tyre plant, lose 438 jobs
Added: 30 Jun 2006
Lower Hutt, New Zealand - Goodyear has initiated discussions with employees and unions with the aim…