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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
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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…

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…

News from elsewhere on the web 29/June/06
Added: 29 Jun 2006
(19 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

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…