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Bekaert reports good first quarter
Added: 11 May 2005
Kortrijk, Belgium--Steelcord producer NV Bakaert SA has reported first quarter sales of posted firs…
Ford honors 6 rubber product makers with excellence awards
Added: 11 May 2005
DEARBORN, Mich. (May 10)--Six tire and rubber product companies are among 52 suppliers singled out …
Crompton Corp. + Great Lakes Chemical Corp. = Chemtura Corp.
Added: 11 May 2005
Middlebury, Connecticut--Crompton Corp. and Great Lakes Chemical Corp. will christen their merged b…
Indian SR producer Apar joins IISRP
Added: 11 May 2005
Coronado, California--Apar Industrie Ltd., a nitrile rubber producer based in Mumbai, India, has jo…
Global carbon black market to grow 4%/year -- study
Added: 11 May 2005
Cleveland, Ohio--Global demand for carbon black is set to reach 9.6 million tonnes in 2008, reflect…
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Ohio announces grants worth $34 million to polymer companies
Added: 11 May 2005
Marysville, Ohio--The US State of Ohio has announced a series of grants totalling $34 million to su…
Rhodia and China National Blue Star sign MoU on silicones
Added: 10 May 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Paris-Rhodia and China National Blue Star Corp. have signed a memorandum of …
CHEY announces carbon black expansions in business plan
Added: 10 May 2005
Hong Kong--China Energy & Carbon Black Holdings, Inc. has confirmed its intention to increase capac…
Chinese company commercialises neodymium butadiene--report
Added: 10 May 2005
Changchun, China--Xinhua News Agency is reporting that a Chinese plant has begun production of "rar…
Chinese tyre exhibition goes annual: 9-11 Nov, 2005
Added: 10 May 2005
Shanghai, China--Organisers of the Tyres & RubberTech China exhibition have decided to run it every…
Friday's AIAG meeting on reducing warranty costs aimed at suppliers
Added: 10 May 2005
Detroit, Michigan--The US_based Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) is holding a one-day confer…
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Goodyear wins top awards
Added: 10 May 2005
Akron, Ohio--The Tire Industry Association has awarded Goodyear's wholly-owned subsidiary Wingfoot …
Freudenberg-Nok's new factory in Changchun opened
Added: 9 May 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Weinheim, Germany-Freudenberg and NOK are intensifying their joint activitie…
UK rubber processor Ferrabyrne in management buy out
Added: 9 May 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Littlehampton, UK-Rubber-to-metal bonding company Ferrabyrne Ltd has been bo…
BMW tops supplier survey
Added: 9 May 2005
By Jesse Snyder, Automotive News
BARCELONA, Spain -- European auto suppliers say they want to do mor…
Bridgestone to build BIRD plant in Hungary for HP car tyres
Added: 9 May 2005
Bridgestone Corporation has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Bridgestone Europe NV/SA wil…
Bosch boss: Stop pointing fingers
Added: 9 May 2005
By Bradford Wernle, Automotive News
BARCELONA, Spain - The chairman of the world's largest auto supp…
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