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Phelps Dodge confirms plan to sell Columbian Chemical to Korean company
Added: 17 Nov 2005
Phoenix, Arizona -- Phelps Dodge Corp.has confirmed its intention to sell its Columbian Chemicals C…

Goodyear UK seeks out most helpful motorists
Added: 17 Nov 2005
London -- Goodyear UK sent out one of its employees to see how many people would stop to help a wom…

Chinese impose anti-dumping tariffs on EPDM
Added: 17 Nov 2005
Beijing -- The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has imposed anti-dumping tariffs on EPDM imports …

Conti to add mixing capacity in Romania
Added: 17 Nov 2005
Timisoara, Romania-Continental AG is adding rubber mixing capacity to its passenger tyre plant in T…

Korean DC Chemical aims to buy Columbian Chemical
Added: 16 Nov 2005
Seoul, Korea -- DC Chemical Co. a Korean chemical company, previously known as Korea Steel Chemical…

Pirelli's Rome, Georgia unit wins ISO accreditation
Added: 16 Nov 2005
Rome, georgia -- Pirelli Tire North America has won two ISO accreditations: UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 an…

News from elsewhere on the web 16/11
Added: 16 Nov 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

European passenger car registrations decline in October
Added: 16 Nov 2005
Brussels -- ACEA, the federation of European car makers, has reported its monthly statistics for Oc…

Showa Denko reports 15 percent increase in sales in nine months
Added: 16 Nov 2005
Tokyo -- Showa Denko K.K. has announced a 14.7% increase in operating income for the first nine mon…

Titan, Goodyear extend farm tyre unit sale deadline
Added: 16 Nov 2005
Quincy, Illinois -- Titan International Inc. and Goodyear have extended the deadline to Dec. 1 to c…

Malaysian NR production declines in September
Added: 15 Nov 2005
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysian production of natural rubber (NR) in September 2005 was 113,041 tonnes, a…

ACEA re-publishes car sales, manufacturing data for 2004
Added: 15 Nov 2005
Brussels -- ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association has updated its website with a…

Cooper offers to buy back debt notes
Added: 15 Nov 2005
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire and Rubber has made a cash offer for three specific outstanding debts.…

Study forecasts more cars will switch to air suspensions
Added: 15 Nov 2005
London -- A report from Frost and Sullivan tracks the development of the automotive suspensions bus…

News from elsewhere on the web 15/11
Added: 15 Nov 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

Rubber, latex world summit postponed
Added: 15 Nov 2005
Bangkok, Thailand -- The Rubber & Latex World Summit scheduled for held Dec. 14-17 has been resched…

Korean producer of NBR, SBR joins IISRP
Added: 15 Nov 2005
Houston, Texas -- LG Daesan Petrochemical Ltd. has joined the International Institute of Synthetic …

Cabot Corp. declares quarterly dividend
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Boston, Massachusetts -- On Friday, November 11, 2005, the Board of Directors of Cabot Corp. declar…

News from elsewhere on the web 14/11
Added: 14 Nov 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

Japanese carmakers want Europe's module expertise
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Luca Ciferri, Automotive News Europe
Turin, Italy -- Japanese carmakers want to adopt the module-…