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US study finds no allergic reactions from Guayule
Added: 13 Apr 2005
Carlsbad, California)--Commercially manufactured latex from the desert shrub guayule causes no dete…
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Added: 12 Apr 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
GE Advanced materials adds capacity for NXT silanes
Added: 12 Apr 2005
Wilton, Conecticut--GE Silicones has announced that it has expanded its capacity for silanes used i…
Goodyear arranges $3650 million in new credit facilities
Added: 12 Apr 2005
New York--Goodyear Tire and Rubber has secured $3650 million in new credit facilities, replacing it…
Ratification of new pact ends month-long strike at Cooper plant
Added: 12 Apr 2005
TEXARKANA, Ark. (April 11)--Striking Steelworkers at Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s Texarkana tyre plan…
FDA reconsiders silicone breast implant ban
Added: 12 Apr 2005
WASHINGTON (April 11)--The US Food and Drug Administration has convened a three-day hearing to hear…
Michelin to build earthmover tyre plant in Brazil
Added: 12 Apr 2005
PARIS (April 11)--Groupe Michelin will spend about $200 million through mid-2007 to build a plant …
TIA blasts TPMS final rule
Added: 12 Apr 2005
Washington, DC--The Tire Industry Association has joined the Rubber Manufacturers Association in co…
Vita adds to medical TPE range
Added: 11 Apr 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Middleton, UK-The French unit of Vita Thermoplastics Compounds has passed it…
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Added: 11 Apr 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
TPMS makers gear up for boom in sales
Added: 11 Apr 2005
London--Following last week's announcement that new cars in the US will have to have tyre pressure …
Government body to reassess Durex undertakings on condom distribution
Added: 8 Apr 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
London-The UK's Office of Fair Trading is reviewing undertakings given in 19…
Best settles glove patent cases with suppliers
Added: 8 Apr 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Menlo, Georgia-Medical and industrial glove maker Best Manufacturing Co. and…
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Added: 8 Apr 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Alliance Tire returns to profit in 2004
Added: 8 Apr 2005
Hadera, Israel--Israeli tyre maker, Alliance Tire has returned to profit after four years of net lo…
India fixes price spectrum for rubber aid, declares 2004 a boom year
Added: 8 Apr 2005
New Delhi, India--The Indian Government has anounced the price limits for rubber and other commodit…
Edouard Michelin appointed to Nokia board
Added: 8 Apr 2005
Helsinki, Finland--Nokia Corp., the makers of mobile telephones, has appointed Edouard Michelin to …
US Operating Room Nurses think they should use more gloves
Added: 8 Apr 2005
New Orleans--The US Association of Operating Room Nurses says their members believe they should be …
NHTSA publishes final rule on TPMS; tyre indistry criticises 25% limit
Added: 8 Apr 2005
Washington DC--Representatives of the tyre industry blasted as inadequate the National Highway Traf…
Cooper, USWA reach tentative agreement at Arkansas site
Added: 8 Apr 2005
Texarkana, Arkansas --Negotiators for Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. and the United Steelworkers union ha…
