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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


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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 9 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…