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Added: 15 Feb 2005
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West acquires Monarch Analytical Laboratories
Added: 15 Feb 2005
Lionville, Pennysylvania)--West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. has acquired testing services provider…

Engineer for Michelin's Tweel to give keynote at SME event
Added: 15 Feb 2005
Dearborn, Michigan--The US-based Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has announced that Bart T…

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Added: 14 Feb 2005
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Degussa to expand carbon black capacity In Brazil
Added: 14 Feb 2005
Dusseldorf, Germany-- Degussa AG said it will double the capacity at its carbon black plant in Braz…

Playtex to cut jobs, outsource glove production
Added: 14 Feb 2005
Westport, Connecticut --Playtex Products Inc. plans to outsource production of latex gloves to Mala…

Michelin sales up despite exchange rate losses
Added: 14 Feb 2005
Paris -- Groupe Michelin's sales edged up 2.1 percent last year to Euro 15 689 million, as volume g…

NuSil names distributors in Europe, middle east
Added: 14 Feb 2005
Carpintaria, California--NuSil Technology has named two representatives in Europe and the Middle Ea…

Vibracoustic North America purchases Gates AirSprings unit
Added: 11 Feb 2005
Plymouth, Michigan--Vibracoustic North America LP, the vibration control business of Freudenberg-NO…

Michelin buys land in Poland
Added: 11 Feb 2005
Olsztyn Poland--Michelin has today signed a contract to buy some land adjacent to its factory in Ol…

Amerityre claims PU tyre compounds outperform rubber
Added: 11 Feb 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Boulder City, Nevada-Amerityre Corp. says that independent tests show that i…

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Added: 11 Feb 2005
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Rikki Lamba promoted to V-P, carbon black technology at Columbian
Added: 11 Feb 2005
Marietta, Georgia--Columbian Chemicals has named Dr. Rikki Lamba as vice president of carbon black …

Freudenberg-NOK names new supply chain executive
Added: 11 Feb 2005
Plymouth, Michigan-- Freudenberg-NOK has named Thomas Hahn as vice president of supply chain manage…

Latest Conti OE tyre is PAH-free
Added: 11 Feb 2005
By David Shaw ERJ editor
Athens--Continental AG is launching its new Original Equipment tyre here in…

Russian market is changing
Added: 11 Feb 2005
By David Shaw, ERJ editor
Athens--Last year, said Jaron Wiedmaiaer, head of Continental's Russian op…

Conti changes policy on Russia
Added: 11 Feb 2005
By David Shaw, ERJ editor
Athens--Continental AG has quietly changed its approach to the Russian mar…

Ashton Seals buys gasket cutter
Added: 10 Feb 2005
Barnsley, UK-Seal and gasket supplier Ashton Seals Ltd has purchased Roseal, a gasket cutting compa…

Nokian acquires tyre retail chain in Czech Republic
Added: 8 Feb 2005
Nokia, Finland--Nokian Tyres plc has announced the acquisition of Andel Export-Import spol sro in t…

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Added: 8 Feb 2005
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