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Lanxess to invest in Dormagen CR plant
Added: 30 Nov 2004
Dormagen, Germany--Lanxess, the Bayer offshoot, is to expand its polychloroprene rubber plant in Do…
Ceat sells steel truck radial tyres from Pirelli
Added: 29 Nov 2004
Mumbai, India--Ceat Ltd has started selling steel truck radial tyres, acording to a report on Sify.…
Alliance Tire returns to profit in Q3
Added: 29 Nov 2004
Hadera, Israel--Alliance Tire has reported net profits of $102 000 in Q3, reversing loss of $1.66 m…
Phoenix announces job losses
Added: 29 Nov 2004
Hamburg, Germany--Phoenix AG has reportedly announced 700 job losses over the next two years, from …
Woco extends links with Sumi Motherson group of India
Added: 26 Nov 2004
New Delhi--Woco group has reportedly set up a joint venture with Indian wiring harness manufacturer…
Lanxess to expand halobutyl production
Added: 26 Nov 2004
Leverkusen, Germany--Lanxess is to expand production of halobutyl rubber at its two plants in Sarni…
Indonesian NR exports jump
Added: 24 Nov 2004
Jakarta--Latest figures from Gapkindo, the Indonesian rubber organisation, show that Indonesia expo…
Former Bayer exec to plead guilty in rubber chemicals probe
Added: 24 Nov 2004
WASHINGTON (Nov. 23)--Former Bayer A.G. executive Martin Petersen has agreed to plead guilty to cha…
Chronos Richardson develops Asia-Pacific service
Added: 23 Nov 2004
Nottingham, UK-Recent changes at Nottingham-based supplier of materials-handling equipment Chronos …
Indian tyre production continues to rise
Added: 23 Nov 2004
New Delhi--India's production of tyres continues to increase. Figures for September 2004 show that …
USWA breaks off Mayfield talks with Conti
Added: 23 Nov 2004
MAYFIELD, Ky. (Nov. 22)--The United Steelworkers of America Local 665 broke off bargaining with Con…
Malaysian plantation group's sales, earnings rise strongly
Added: 23 Nov 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-Rubber plantation and glove maker Kuala Lumpur Kepong…
Fifteen staff to go at Corsham but administrators have had interest in United Polymers
Added: 22 Nov 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Birmingham, UK-Fifteen people have been made redundant at Precision Cut Rubb…
Phillips Carbon to expand in Russia or China?
Added: 22 Nov 2004
Kolkata, India--Phillips Carbon Black Ltd (PCBL) has reportedly appointed two consultants to examin…
Continental allows employees to save overtime up for early retirement
Added: 22 Nov 2004
Hannover--Continental AG has introduced a voluntary scheme in which employees can work unpaid overt…
Conti asks the public about winter driving
Added: 22 Nov 2004
Hannover-Continental has sponsored a survey into motorists' concerns about winter driving. The stud…
Yokohama establish high-pressure hose assembly unit in China
Added: 22 Nov 2004
TOKYO (Nov. 19)--Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. plans to open a high-pressure hose/couplings assembly pla…
California tightens the screw on emissions
Added: 19 Nov 2004
California--New rules on fuel composition being discussed in California may affect water craft and …
Malaysia confirms commitment to rubber industry
Added: 19 Nov 2004
Kuala Lumpur--Dr Wan Abdul Rahaman Wan Yaacob, deputy director-general of Malaysia's Rubber Board (…
Yokohama Rubber confirms plan to double Thai tyre plant capacity
Added: 19 Nov 2004
TOKYO (Nov. 18)--Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. is going ahead with a previously announced expansion at i…
