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Hercules plans to sell custom mix business to Biltrite Industries
Added: 8 Apr 2005
FIindlay, Ohio --Hercules Tire & Rubber Co. has signed a letter of intent to sell its custom mixed …
Lanxess raises BR prices
Added: 7 Apr 2005
Pittsburgh-- Lanxess AG has announced a price increase of 100 euros per metric tonne for all polybu…
Trelleborg forms tyre sales JV in Mid-east
Added: 7 Apr 2005
Trelleborg, Sweden--Trelleborg Wheel Systems, part of the Trelleborg Group, has signed a joint-vent…
New organisation for Imerys in Asia Pacific region
Added: 7 Apr 2005
Singapore--In order to accelerate the growth of its specialty minerals business, and build on the g…
Conti wins €40 million loan for Brazilian factory
Added: 7 Apr 2005
Brussels--The European Investment Bank has announced it is lending €40 million to Continental do …
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Added: 7 Apr 2005
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Aroq publishes study of tyre pressure monitoring systems
Added: 7 Apr 2005
London--Automotive analyst, Aroq has published a study into the future market for tyre pressure mon…
Conti wins Toyota's 'diversity' award for 2nd year
Added: 7 Apr 2005
AUburn Hills Michigan--For the second year in a row Continental Automotive Systems has won a Toyota…
Kraton adding 10 000 tonnes of SEBS/SEPS capacity
Added: 7 Apr 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Houston, Texas-Kraton Polymers is increasing its capacity for Kraton G therm…
US to adopt NHTSA advice on tyre pressure warning systems
Added: 7 Apr 2005
Washington DC--Press reports suggest that the US Government is to adopt the NHTSA final rule on tyr…
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Added: 6 Apr 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
British Vita buys Italian TPE compounder
Added: 6 Apr 2005
LONDON (April 5)--British Vita P.L.C. has acquired the thermoplastic elastomers business of Italy's…
Solutia to consolidate nylon fiber output at S.C. plant
Added: 6 Apr 2005
ST. LOUIS (April 5)--Solutia Inc. is concentrating U.S. production of nylon industrial fibers, used…
Michelin wins in product defect lawsuit
Added: 6 Apr 2005
Los Angeles, California--A Michelin LTX tyre on a church van involved in a rollover crash contained…
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Added: 5 Apr 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Goodyear moving Asia/Pacific HQ to China
Added: 5 Apr 2005
Shanghai, China--Goodyear is establishing its Asian/Pacific headquarters in Shanghai and stepping u…
AirBoss of America to add compounding plant
Added: 5 Apr 2005
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, --AirBoss of America Corp. plans to lease a 110,000-sq.-ft. (10 000…
DuPont Dow proposes $25.4 million EPDM suit settlement
Added: 5 Apr 2005
Wilmington Delaware--DuPont Dow Elastomers LLC is proposing a $25.4 million settlement with purchas…
Bridgestone officially opens anti-vibration unit in China
Added: 4 Apr 2005
Bridgestone Corp. has officially opened its latest factory in China. The plant produces rubber anti…
Phoenix changes management board
Added: 4 Apr 2005
Hamburg, germany--The Supervisory Board of Phoenix AG has made several decisions regarding the rest…
