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Cooper's sales hit record high, earnings fall

Added: 22 Oct 2004

FINDLAY, Ohio (Oct. 21)--Despite record-breaking sales of $551.4 million, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'…

Rep in alliance with Tung Yu

Added: 22 Oct 2004

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

Dusseldorf--Rep Group, the French injection moulding machine maker, has for…

Toyo breaks ground for tyre plant in Georgia

Added: 22 Oct 2004

WHITE, Georgia. (Oct. 20)--Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. has broken ground for its $150 million U.S. …

Alberta Rubber sold to energy group

Added: 22 Oct 2004

HOUSTON (Oct. 20)--A Houston energy services company has acquired Canada's Oilco Group, parent of A…

Kremer using 2000 kg mould for Porsche part

Added: 21 Oct 2004

By Liz White, ERJ staff

Dusseldorf, Germany Kremer Kautschuk Kunstoffe GmbH und Co. KG is making a…

AES grade targets consumer products market

Added: 21 Oct 2004

Dusseldorf, Germany- Advanced Elastomer Systems (AES), part of ExxonMobil Chemical Co., has launche…

Crompton adapts Flexzone plant

Added: 20 Oct 2004

By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor

Middlebury, Connecticut-Crompton Corp.'s Petroleum Additi…

IISRP publishes latest Worldwide Rubber Statistics

Added: 19 Oct 2004

By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor

Houston, Texas-The International Institute of Synthetic R…

ERJ media pack available online

Added: 19 Oct 2004

London--ERJ has published its media pack for the 2005 editorial year. Inside, advertisers can find …

Meet ERJ at the K show Hall 5, Stand A38

Added: 18 Oct 2004

Düsseldorf, Germany--European Rubber Journal is at the K show this week. Staff from our editorial …

India's truck tyre production slipped in August, while car tyre output rises

Added: 18 Oct 2004

New Delhi--India's ATMA (automotive tyre manufacturers' association) has released figures for truck…

Pirelli raises tyre prices in Europe

Added: 18 Oct 2004

Milan, Italy--Pirelli Tyre has announced price increases on its tyres sold in Europe, from December…

Michelin drops 'spoof' jail guide case

Added: 18 Oct 2004

London--Michelin has agreed to drop its case against a London-based author over the use of a Michel…

Major conference reveals mixing research results

Added: 15 Oct 2004

Paderborn, Germany--A conference next January is to give full details of three major EU-funded proj…

ANRPC calls for Hevea gene bank

Added: 15 Oct 2004

Port Moresby, PNG--Papua New Guinea's Agriculture minister has called for a gene bank to help impro…

Malaysians claim technology can double rubber yields

Added: 15 Oct 2004

Kuala Lumpur--Datuk Abdul Hamid Sawal, director-general of the Malaysian Rubber Board claims that t…

Daikin confirms acquisition of Cri-Tech Technologies

Added: 15 Oct 2004

ORANGEBURG, N.Y.--Japan's Daikin Industries Ltd. has bought fluoroelastomer compounder Cri-Tech Tec…

Bayer to plead guilty in NBR price-fixing case

Added: 14 Oct 2004

SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 13)--Bayer A.G. has agreed to plead guilty to and pay a $4.7 million criminal f…

Sam Gibara reveals secrets in Canadian movie

Added: 14 Oct 2004

New York--Canadian film-maker Mark Achbar has made a movie--The Corporation --about corporate life.…

DuPont unit to hike Vamac prices

Added: 14 Oct 2004

WILMINGTON, Del. (Oct. 13)--DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, North America, will increase pr…