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Lanxess to float 31 Jan, 2005
Added: 30 Dec 2004
Leverkusen, Germany--Bayer AG has announced that shares in its Lanxess AG subsidiary will begin tra…
Goodyear to keep Akron factory open until 2008
Added: 30 Dec 2004
Akron, Ohio--The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co has reportedly agreed to keep open its factory in Akro…
Rubber shipments from Indonesia continue, despite earthquake, tsunami
Added: 30 Dec 2004
Singapore--Dealers in Sumatra are reported to be confident that supplies of natural rubber will be …
Cooper completes sale of automotive unit
Added: 24 Dec 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Findlay, Ohio-Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. completed the sale of its automotive …
US auto association enlists Goodyear executive
Added: 24 Dec 2004
Detroit, Ohio-The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) has appointed Tom Bender, director, infor…
Michelin recalling up to 4000 truck tyres
Added: 24 Dec 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Greenville, South Carolina-Michelin Americas Truck Tires is voluntarily …
Holiday season: limited news coverage
Added: 23 Dec 2004
For those of our readers who celebrate Christmas, the entire staff at ERJ wishes you a very merry C…
ERJ prepares tire technology Expo preview
Added: 23 Dec 2004
London--The next issue of European Rubber Journal will carry a preview of the tire technology Expo,…
Smithers wins testing contract
Added: 23 Dec 2004
AKRON (Dec. 22)--Smithers Scientific Services Inc. has received a $400,000 contract from the Califo…
AirBoss plans to add compounding plant
Added: 23 Dec 2004
NEWMARKET, Ontario (Dec. 22)--AirBoss of America Corp. said it will open its first mixing plant in …
Budiman retires from IRSG, hands over to Smit
Added: 22 Dec 2004
London--Dr A F S Budiman is stepping down from his position as Secretary-General of the Internation…
Auto companies to suffer if parts maker reneges on 'burdensome' contract
Added: 22 Dec 2004
By Robert Sherefkin
DETROIT -- The Big 3 and some of their largest suppliers say they face disastrou…
Indian government prepared to intervene if rubber price falls
Added: 22 Dec 2004
Kerala, India--The Indian government is ready to intervene in India's rubber markets if the price s…
Continental to increase 2-wheeler offtake from Metro
Added: 22 Dec 2004
Kolkata, India--Continental AG is reportedly increasing the volume of tyres and tubes it sources fr…
China Synthetic to boost overseas Carbon black capacity
Added: 21 Dec 2004
Taipei--China Synthetic Rubber Corp. (CSRC), the world's fourth-largest carbon-black manufacturer b…
Freudenberg-NOK appoints VP Human Resources
Added: 21 Dec 2004
Plymouth, Michigan--Freudenberg-NOK has named Sarah O'Hare as vice president of human resources (HR…
China's rubber cultivation stagnates
Added: 21 Dec 2004
Kottayam, India--According to the director of Rubber Research Institute of India, rubber cultivatio…
China will import 2.5 m tonnes of rubber in 2005
Added: 21 Dec 2004
Beijing--Ju Hongzheng, president of China Rubber Industry Association has said the country will imp…
Zeon invests in R&D centre, but not for rubber
Added: 21 Dec 2004
Tokyo--Japanese papers are reporting that Zeon Corp has announced a Â¥10 000 million (€72 million…
Michelin N. America increasing tyre prices
Added: 21 Dec 2004
Greenville, South Carolina--Michelin North America Inc. is raising prices on a variety of tyres by …
