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Trelleborg's Forsheda unit expanding compounding
Added: 23 Sep 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Nottingham, UK-Trelleborg Forsheda Building Systems AB has bought new equipm…
Tenneco Automotive to make rubber parts in Europe
Added: 23 Sep 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hanover, Germany-Tenneco Automotive has launched its elastomer business in E…
Conti signs MoU with Chinese tyre maker, Doublestar
Added: 22 Sep 2004
Continental AG has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Qingdao Doublest…
Mardec to increase rubber output in 2005
Added: 21 Sep 2004
Mardec Bhd will reportedly increase its output of rubber in 2005 by 25 percent, to 250 000 tonnes, …
Latex suppliers raising prices in Europe
Added: 21 Sep 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Basel, Switzerland/Marl, Germany-Two of Europe's leading …
Cooper aims to be top tyre maker in China in five years
Added: 21 Sep 2004
DETROIT (Sept 17) -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s top executive envisions Cooper becoming the largest…
Q&A: Michelin PAX
Added: 21 Sep 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
After three years of trying in Europe, Groupe Michelin h…
Columbian shuts MT unit in UK, transfers business to Cancarb
Added: 21 Sep 2004
Columbian closing UK MT carbon black unit, transferring business to Cancarb
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ…
Kraton SBS price increase
Added: 20 Sep 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
London-Kraton Polymers is increasing its prices for clea…
Equity funds team up to buy Cooper-Standard Automotive
Added: 17 Sep 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Findlay, Ohio-Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has found a buyer, or rather two,…
Dow opens first Versify plant, in Spain
Added: 17 Sep 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Tarragona, Spain-Dow Chemical Co. has started up a 57-ki…
Nokian Tyres to expand logistics in home town
Added: 16 Sep 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Nokia, Finland-Nokian Tyres plc is to spend Euro 17 million on doubling the …
Rhodia hikes silicone prices
Added: 16 Sep 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Paris-Rhodia Silicones will increase prices for all its …
Degussa raising silica prices
Added: 16 Sep 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Frankfurt, Germany-Degussa AG's Advanced Fillers & Pigme…
Former Crompton exec to plead guilty to price-fixing charges
Added: 15 Sep 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Washington-Former Crompton Corp./Uniroyal Chemical executive Joseph Eise…
Michelin to expand in Poland?
Added: 15 Sep 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Paris-Groupe Michelin has acquired land at Olsztyn, Pola…
BFS settles union dispute in Argentina
Added: 15 Sep 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Brussels- Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. (BFS) has settled an…
Bridgestone to invest $237 million to deploy 'BIRD' production system
Added: 14 Sep 2004
TOKYO (Sept. 13)--Bridgestone Corp. will spend $237 million over two to two-and-a-half years to ins…
Myanmar rubber allowed for export - report
Added: 14 Sep 2004
Yangon, Myanmar--The Myanmar Times reported on Monday that Myanmar's Commerce Minister, Brigadier-G…
Dow Corning to buy Japanese silicones maker
Added: 14 Sep 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Midland, Michigan-Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co. Ltd (DCT…
