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Correction: Styrenic elastomers units within Total
Added: 1 Nov 2004
Dusseldorf, Germany-Oil and petrochemicals group Total is to retain its styrenic elastomers busines…
Shanghai Tyre plans €25 million investments - report
Added: 1 Nov 2004
Beijing--A report on AFX news wire says Shanghai Tyre and Rubber is proposing to invest a total of …
Titan's sales, earnings rise in quarter
Added: 1 Nov 2004
QUINCY, Ill. (Oct. 29)--Tire and wheel maker Titan International Inc. reported earnings and sales i…
Polimeri Europa launches hydrogenated styrenic TPE at K2004
Added: 29 Oct 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Düsseldorf, Germany-Italian rubber supplier Polimeri Europa has finally lau…
Phillips Carbon extends accounting year as oil prices hit profits
Added: 29 Oct 2004
Kolkata, India--Phillips Carbon Black Ltd (PCBL) has switched its accounting year to end 30 March. …
Hainan may expand rubber wood production
Added: 29 Oct 2004
Hainan, China--A new economic report suggests Hainan island--centre of China's natural rubber produ…
BFS, USWA schedule talks
Added: 29 Oct 2004
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 28)--Negotiators for Bridgestone/Firestone and the United Steelworkers union…
Continental to invest in brakes plant in Slovakia
Added: 29 Oct 2004
Hanover, Germany-Continental AG is to spend Euros 60 million over the next five years on a new faci…
Continental in a hurry to incorporate Phoenix
Added: 28 Oct 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hanover, Germany-Continental AG wants to consolidate its ContiTech subsidiar…
Chinese tyre market has bright future-according to Bekaert
Added: 28 Oct 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Shenyang, China-Steel tyre cord maker Bekaert confirmed its confidence in th…
Cabot to close Carbon black plant in Altona, Australia
Added: 28 Oct 2004
Boston, Mass. --Cabot Corp. has said it intends to close its carbon black production plant in Alton…
Rapra report into light vehicle tyres available on R&M
Added: 28 Oct 2004
Dublin--Research and Markets is now selling the report from Rapra Technology into light vehicle tyr…
MTS sells multiple treadwear testers to unidentified tyre maker
Added: 28 Oct 2004
Eden Prairie, Minnesota--MTS Systems said it has sold a number of its newly-developed Model 860 tre…
Chinese car makers think Westerners are fickle
Added: 28 Oct 2004
Beijing--The history of Western car makers' investment in China suggests that they may be fickle in…
United Polymers future in question as administrators go in
Added: 27 Oct 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Birmingham, UK-Rubber and plastics group United Polymers Ltd is up for sale.…
Vietnamese look for bright future in rubber
Added: 27 Oct 2004
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam--In a long report, the Voice of Vietnam gives details of the progress of …
Michelin invests €400 m in power plant for Cuneo
Added: 27 Oct 2004
Paris--Elyo Italia, a joint-venture unit of SUEZ, the French utilities giant and ERG Petroli, has a…
Yokohama to double capacity at Philippines tyre plant
Added: 27 Oct 2004
TOKYO (Oct. 26)--Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. plans to more than double production capacity at its Yoko…
Rubber Division names 5 award winners, but no Goodyear Medalist
Added: 27 Oct 2004
Akron, Ohio--The ACS Rubber Division has named five winners of its science and technology awards, b…
Conti-Phoenix merger approved
Added: 26 Oct 2004
Brussels--The European Commission has approved Continental AG's takeover of Phoenix AG. In order to…
