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Invista to build PA-6,6 unit in Shanghai

Added: 10 Jul 2006

Wichita, Kansas - Invista is to build a new plant to produce polyamide 6,6 yarns in the Shanghai ar…

Total Petrochem to exit SBCs, close Antwerp unit

Added: 10 Jul 2006

Antwerp, Belgium - Total Petrochemicals intends to end elastomer production at its Antwerp facilit…

News from elsewhere on the web 10/July/06

Added: 10 Jul 2006

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

Rollier will keep Michelin's goals

Added: 10 Jul 2006

Bruce Davis, ERJ Akron bureau

PARIS - Michelin's No. 1 task following the May 26 death of co-CEO Edo…

Suppliers change tactics to cover materials costs

Added: 10 Jul 2006

Jens Meiners, Automotive News Europe

Brussels - Suppliers are trying new tactics to get their autom…

Trelleborg buys Norwegian rubber company

Added: 10 Jul 2006

Stockholm, Sweden - Through its Engineered Systems business area, Trelleborg AB has signed an agree…

News from elsewhere on the web 07/July/06

Added: 7 Jul 2006

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

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 - Through its Engineered Systems business area, Trelleborg has agreed to acquir…

Bridgestone to supply F1 tyres until 2010

Added: 7 Jul 2006

Paris - 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Milan, Italy - Pirelli & C. SpA has withdrawn the public offering of shares in Pirelli Tyre SpA, sa…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…