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Trelleborg acquires US profile maker EPG
Added: 6 Feb 2006
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Trelleborg, Sweden-Trelleborg has bought US sealing profiles maker EPG Inc. …
Manuli opens high-tech hose plant in Suzhou
Added: 6 Feb 2006
Milan, Italy - Manuli Rubber Industries has established a modern, high-tech hose plant in Suzhou, C…
Titan, Steelworkers agree compromise over dismissals in year 2000
Added: 3 Feb 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Titan International, Inc. has reached agreement with the United Steelwor…
Dow's UCAR unit opens latex plant in Louisiana, Texas plants wil close
Added: 3 Feb 2006
Cary, North Carolina-UCAR Emulsion Systems (UES), part of Dow Chemical Co, has opened its "next-gen…
NR prices continue upward surge, hit $2.20/kg
Added: 3 Feb 2006
London -- Natural rubber prices continued upward on Friday, closing around 4 percent higher than th…
Bridgestone unveils 3rd generation in-wheel motor
Added: 3 Feb 2006
Tokyo -Bridgestone Corp. has unveiled the third generation of its in-wheel motor-damper system for …
News from elsewhere on the web 3/Feb/06
Added: 3 Feb 2006
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Michelin to close Kitchener tyre plant by July
Added: 3 Feb 2006
Kitchener, Ontario - Michelin North America Inc. will close its BFGoodrich passenger and light truc…
Amtel aims to raise Euro100m through credit notes
Added: 3 Feb 2006
Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Amtel-Vredestein NV plans to issue credit linked notes (CLN) for 100 m…
IRSG releases review of 2005; forecasts for 2006
Added: 2 Feb 2006
London - January's edition of Rubber Industry Report from The International Rubber Study Group (IRS…
Cabot's Q1 profits fall on raw material costs
Added: 2 Feb 2006
Boston, Massachussetts - Cabot Corp, reported net income of $24 million for the three months ended …
Goodyear supplies runflats to Nissan's “Terranaut†concept
Added: 2 Feb 2006
Geneva, Switzerland -Goodyear 19-inch runflats will appear on one of Nissan's flagship concept cars…
Bandag sales rise, profits fall in 12 months to Dec 2005
Added: 2 Feb 2006
Muscatine, Iowa - For full year 2005, Bandag reported consolidated net sales of $914.6 million comp…
Hospira to close medical-grade rubber goods plant in Ohio
Added: 2 Feb 2006
Chicago, Illinois - Hospira Inc., a pharmaceutical and drug-delivery systems specialist said it is …
NR summit / IRSG assembly scheduled for KL in April
Added: 2 Feb 2006
London -The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has said its 42nd Assembly of Nations will be h…
News from elsewhere on the web 2/Feb/06
Added: 2 Feb 2006
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
NR prices resume upward trend
Added: 2 Feb 2006
London -- After a brief correction on Wednesday, natural rubber prices continued upward on Thursday…
Michelin says XZE2 tyres deliver twice the mileage of competing brand
Added: 2 Feb 2006
Stoke-on-Trent, UK - Michelin UK has issued a press release saying that its XZE2 tyres fitted to a …
Davis-Standard reducing feedscrew inventory with sale
Added: 2 Feb 2006
Pawcatuck, Connecticut - To reduce its feedscrew inventory, Davis-Standard LLC is offering more tha…
Goodyear, Cooper stock prices fall on increased raw material costs
Added: 2 Feb 2006
Akron, Ohio -Goodyear's stock price tumbled 16.6 percent on Jan. 31 after the tyre maker reported t…
