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Eliokem expands capacity at Le Havre
Added: 29 Jun 2006
Villejust, France - Eliokem, a speciality chemical company is investing in new reactor capacity at …
Kimberly-Clark Health Care to stop making NR latex exam gloves
Added: 29 Jun 2006
Roswell, Georgia - Kimberly-Clark Health Care appears to have said it will stop making NR Latex exa…
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Added: 29 Jun 2006
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Pirelli cuts price of Tyre shares by 10 percent - report
Added: 29 Jun 2006
Milan, Italy - Pirelli Tyre has reportedly reduced the minimum price of its share issue by 10 perce…
Cooper closes four US tyre plants temporarily
Added: 29 Jun 2006
Findlay, Ohio - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is idling its four US tyre plants for unspecified periods,…
Lanxess lifts prices of non-tyre rubber materials
Added: 29 Jun 2006
Leverkusen, Germany - Effective 1 July, Lanxess's technical rubber products (TRP) business unit is …
Goodyear to cut 150 sales, admin jobs in Europe
Added: 29 Jun 2006
Akron, Ohio -Â Goodyear has announced a plan to cut 150 jobs in sales, administration and logistics…
Harvey Firestone, John Boyd Dunlop enter Inventors' Hall of fame
Added: 28 Jun 2006
Akron, Ohio -Â It may have taken over 100 years; it may have been the most low-key announcement eve…
News from elsewhere on the web 28/June/06
Added: 28 Jun 2006
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Matador increases sales, profits in 2006
Added: 28 Jun 2006
Puchov, Slovak Republic - Matador Group reported strong growth in sales and profits for the 12 mont…
Goodway to set up retreading, compounding units in China
Added: 28 Jun 2006
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian rubber compounder Goodway, is planning to expand its activities into China…
UK nurse wins compensation in latex allergy case
Added: 28 Jun 2006
London - A dental nurse who worked for the UK Ministry of Defence has won £260 000 in compensation…
DuPont to use bio-ingredients in Hytrel
Added: 28 Jun 2006
Wilmington, Delaware - DuPont expects to begin production in 2007 of Hytrel and other materials usi…
Amtel-Vredestein holds shareholder meeting
Added: 28 Jun 2006
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - At Amtel-Vredestein's annual shareholder meeting, the company gave a d…
Fulflex to close mixing, calendering plant in Vermont
Added: 28 Jun 2006
Brattleboro, Vermont - Fulflex Inc. plans to close its Brattleboro plant and move its rubber produc…
Santoprene celebrates 25 years
Added: 27 Jun 2006
Akron, Ohio - ExxonMobil celebrated 25 years of its Santoprene product range at the National Plasti…
Bridgestone says higher NR costs mean a third less profit
Added: 27 Jun 2006
Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp has issued a statement saying net profit for the year 2006 willl be 35 per…
Michelin to launch footwear under Michelin brand in US
Added: 27 Jun 2006
Nelsonville, Ohio - Groupe Michelin is further extending its brand name in North America with the l…
News from elsewhere on the web 27/June/06
Added: 27 Jun 2006
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EC clears €92m Hungarian aid package for Hankook tyre factory
Added: 27 Jun 2006
Brussels - The European Commission has authorised, under EC Treaty state aid rules, €92.6 million…
