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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…