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BFS may close Oklahoma City tyre plant this year
Added: 2 May 2006
Nashville Tennessee -- Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire has advised the United Steelworker…

Brown says process can economically restore process scrap
Added: 28 Apr 2006
Glossop, Derbyshire - Watson-Brown HSM claims it can process scrap rubber so that it can be re-used…

Rapra sells practical guide to Rubber Bonding
Added: 28 Apr 2006
Dublin - Information retailer Research and Markets, is selling Rapra Technology's guide to rubber b…

GE certifies NXT silanes for its 'Ecomagination' label
Added: 28 Apr 2006
Wilton, Connecticut - GE has certified for official ecomagination status its NXT silane family of c…

Pirelli hosts Calender event at Guggenheim in NY
Added: 28 Apr 2006
New York City - Pirelli extended the image of its calender and its brand further with a glittering …

Columbian closes two reactors at Proctor carbon black plant
Added: 28 Apr 2006
Marietta, Georgia - Columbian Chemicals Co. has announced plans to decommissioning two of the four …

Titan Intl reports higher sales in Q1
Added: 28 Apr 2006
Quincy, Illinois - Titan International, Inc. reported net sales of $182.6 million for the first qua…

News from elsewhere on the web 28/Apr/06
Added: 28 Apr 2006
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

Lanxess adding rubber chemicals capacities in China, India
Added: 28 Apr 2006
Shanghai, China - Lanxess AG is strengthening its presence in rubber chemicals in Asia with new and…

BFS to separate truck tyre brand images
Added: 28 Apr 2006
Washington - Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire is launching campaigns this year to reinforc…

Rapid prototyping company launches rubbery photo-polymer
Added: 27 Apr 2006
Minneapolis, Minnesota - A US-based rapid prototyping company is offering a line of photo-polymer m…

Kumho Petrochemical accuses Flexsys of anti-trust
Added: 27 Apr 2006
Seoul. Korea - Korea Kumho Petrochemical Company, Ltd. (KKPC) has filed a federal lawsuit against F…

News from elsewhere on the web 27/Apr/06
Added: 27 Apr 2006
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

Pirelli Tire Chairman Gori to keynote Tire Society meeting
Added: 27 Apr 2006
Akron, Ohio -- Francesco Gori, Pirelli Pneumatici SpA chairman and managing director, will be the k…

Michelin reports sales increase, hints at further price increases
Added: 27 Apr 2006
Paris - Michelin reported 10.2-percent higher sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2006 but warned …

Supplier survey results to be released at Vienna Congress
Added: 26 Apr 2006
Key facts
What: Automotive News Europe Congress
When: June 20-22
Where: Hilton Vienna Hotel, Vienna, A…

Wennemer expects more runflat sales
Added: 26 Apr 2006
Automotive News
Hanover, Germany -In February, Continental CEO Manfred Wennemer said acquisitions w…

German car drivers ignore speed limits -- Continental
Added: 26 Apr 2006
Hannover, Germany - A new study by Conti reveals nothing new: motorists claim they do not break spe…

Degussa increases prices for pigment blacks
Added: 26 Apr 2006
Frankfurt, Germany - Effective 1 May, 2006, Degussa AG will raise its prices by 9Â percent worldwid…

Vatican prepares to change condom stance -- reports
Added: 26 Apr 2006
Rome - Reports coming out of Catholic newspapers are suggesting that the Catholic Church may be pre…