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Lanxess raises price of Vulkanox BKF
Added: 15 Jun 2006
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG is raising prices on its toluene-based chemicals, including antiox…
NR drops another five percent overnight
Added: 15 Jun 2006
Tokyo - Natural rubber prices continued their sharp decline on Thursday, falling below Â¥290/kg. P…
Inventor suggest LCD pressure readout on tyres
Added: 15 Jun 2006
Huddersfield UK - A UK-based inventor has come up with an idea to display the pressure within a tyr…
JSR to add EPDM and S-SBR capacity in Japan, Korea, Europe
Added: 15 Jun 2006
Tokyo - JSR Corp is expanding capacity for synthetic rubber production. The company is adding 28 00…
News from elsewhere on the web 15/June/06
Added: 15 Jun 2006
(12 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Colombian NR producer joins IRSG
Added: 15 Jun 2006
Wembley, UK - Mavalle S A, a plantation company based in Colombia, has joined the Panel of Associat…
EU car registrations rise in May
Added: 15 Jun 2006
Brussels - Car registrations in the 26 countries of the EU and EFTA rose by nearly 10 percent in Ma…
Michelin views rising NR price as an R&D challenge
Added: 15 Jun 2006
Paris - Michelin faces continued pressure on earnings from rising raw material costs, but CEO Miche…
Improved tyre business leads Toyo to record sales in fiscal ´06
Added: 15 Jun 2006
Osaka, Japan - Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. reported improved operating income and record sales in f…
CEFIC formally launches ReachCentrum for REACH advice
Added: 14 Jun 2006
Geneva / Brussels - Cefic, the European Chemicals lobbying group, formally launched ReachCentrum a…
Dow lifts prices for poyolefin elastomers
Added: 14 Jun 2006
Horgen, Switzerland - Dow Europe GmbH is announcing the following price increases across the Europe…
NR prices drop 10% this week, to just over yen 300/kg
Added: 14 Jun 2006
Tokyo - Natural rubber prices fell back once more on Wednesday declining to just over Â¥300/kg. Pri…
EU achieves higher tyre recovery rates than US
Added: 14 Jun 2006
Beijing -Â The EU now recovers a greater proportion of its scrap tyres than the US, according to th…
EPA cites Lanxess ABS unit for butadiene pollution
Added: 14 Jun 2006
Chicago, Illinois -Â The USEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) has accused a Lanxess plastics pla…
News from elsewhere on the web 14/June/06
Added: 14 Jun 2006
(12 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Michelin may bid on F1 tyre supply contract for 2008-10
Added: 14 Jun 2006
Paris - Michelin has not ruled out bidding on the contract to supply tyres to the international For…
NR prices fall $0.10 on selling spree
Added: 13 Jun 2006
Tokyo - Natural rubber prices fell back on Tuesday after reaching new highs in Tokyo in early tradi…
Bridgestone voted 'best investor' in Poland in 2005
Added: 13 Jun 2006
Warsaw - For the second year running, Bridgestone Poland has won the 'Best investor in Poland' awar…
ASTM committee recommends new latex category for guayule
Added: 13 Jun 2006
Toronto, Ontario - Committee D11.22 of the American Standards institure (ASTM) has recommended that…
Van Hool selects SmartTire for TPMS systems
Added: 13 Jun 2006
Richmond, British Columbia - Belgian bus manufacturer Van Hool NV has selected SmarTire to supply i…
