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Cooper, USWA reach agreement on Cooper-Standard sale
Added: 2 Dec 2004
FINDLAY, Ohio--Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has reached an agreement with the United Steelworkers of Am…
Plymouth Rubber to de-list voluntarily
Added: 1 Dec 2004
Canton, Massachussetts--Plymouth Rubber Company, Inc. has filed an application with the Securities …
China's rubber industry continues rapid growth
Added: 1 Dec 2004
Beijing--The China Rubber Industry Association reports continuing strong growth in the domestic rub…
Kokusai to make tyre-testing equipment in China -- Report
Added: 1 Dec 2004
Tokyo--Japanese tyre equipment maker, Kokusai Co. is reportedly transferring production of some tyr…
Solvay boosting prices for TPEs
Added: 1 Dec 2004
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (Nov. 29)--Solvay Engineered Polymers Inc. is raising prices for thermoplastic …
Bridgestone buys Goodyear's final rubber estate
Added: 1 Dec 2004
Tokyo--Bridgestone Corp. has announced that it has agreed in principle to purchase The Goodyear Tir…
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…
