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Honeywell adds surcharge to tyre yarn and fabric
Added: 1 Sep 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Morris Township, New Jersey-Honeywell Speciality Materials has added a globa…

Study: Suppliers, automakers must consult early
Added: 31 Aug 2004
By Chaz Osburn, Automotive News / August 30, 2004
DETROIT - It's no secret that relations between su…

Goodyear sees shortage of Aramid
Added: 31 Aug 2004
Decatur, Alabama--According to a local news report, Goodyear's fabric preparation plant in Decatur …

India launches dumping investigations into NBR, chemicals
Added: 31 Aug 2004
New Delhi, India--Folloowing complaints from Apar Industries, the sole Indian producer of nitrile r…

Crompton to close Flexzone plants in Thailand, Korea, raise Flexzone prices
Added: 27 Aug 2004
Middlebury, Connecticut--Further to its announcement 20 August, Crompton Corp has said it intends t…

Dätwyler's Rubber+Plastics business in good form
Added: 27 Aug 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Altdorf, Switzerland-The Rubber+Plastics Division of Swiss group Dätwyler p…

Amtel raises revenue, achieves 64 % profit rise
Added: 27 Aug 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Moscow-Amtel Holdings Holland raised its revenue by 19 percent to $383 milli…

Trelleborg to consolidate UK profiles at Minworth, close Telford unit
Added: 27 Aug 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Trelleborg, Sweden-A Trelleborg spokeswoman has confirmed newspaper reports …

New advice on threading calenders from UK safety body
Added: 27 Aug 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
London-Tyre and rubber processors who use calenders should make working cond…

Crompton reduces antiozonant capacity-to improve profitability
Added: 27 Aug 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Middlebury, Connecticut-Crompton Corp. announced 20 Aug that it is reducing …

New look online sales for European Rubber Journal products
Added: 25 Aug 2004
European Rubber Journal products and subscriptions can now be ordered securely on-line through the …

SaarGummi sold to holding fund
Added: 24 Aug 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Saarbrücken, Germany-RAG Saarberg AG has signed to sell its wholly owned Sa…

BASF launching new TPE at K 2004
Added: 24 Aug 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Ludwigshafen, Germany-BASF AG is to release Oppanol IBS-an innovative produc…

Dow Corning raising capacity as demand soars
Added: 24 Aug 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Midland, Michigan-Dow Corning Corp.'s is raising production of silicon-based…

Cheng Shin expanding Kunshan operation again
Added: 23 Aug 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Nottingham, UK-The Cheng Shin-Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. factory at Kunshan City…

Hexagon acquires Italian wheel maker, plans further capacity rise
Added: 23 Aug 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Stockholm-Swedish engineering group Hexagon AB has acquired all the operatin…

Ansell's sales, earnings up
Added: 20 Aug 2004
Red Bank, New Jersey-Ansell Ltd's sales and earnings rose for the fiscal year ended June 30, driven…

Michelin-Conti to open US tire/wheel plant
Added: 20 Aug 2004
Vance, Alabama-TW Fitting NA llc, a Groupe Michelin/Continental AG joint venture, is setting up a p…

Nokian Tyres H-1 sales, earnings soar
Added: 20 Aug 2004
Nokian, Finland-Nokian Tyres plc posted double-digit gains in both earnings and sales in the first …

Dieffenbacher exits rubber machinery, shifts focus
Added: 20 Aug 2004
By Brad Dawson, ERJ Akron Bureau
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Windsor, Ontario-Dieffenbacher North America Inc. has sold its ru…