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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…
Auto supplier plans to float on Thai exchange
Added: 19 Aug 2004
CPR Gomu Industrial Co, a supplier of rubber components to Thailand's automotive sector plans to se…
Magnifoam purchase of RBX's Groendyk business approved
Added: 19 Aug 2004
ROANOKE, Va. (Aug. 17)--A Virginia bankruptcy court has approved the sale of RBX Corp.'s Groendyk d…
India's rubber imports rocket in Q1
Added: 17 Aug 2004
Natural rubber imports into India were 65 percent higher in the three months to June 2004, compared…
Goodyear closes Guatemala tyre plant
Added: 17 Aug 2004
AKRON (Aug. 16)--Goodyear closed its Gran Industria de Neumaticos Centroamericana S.A. tyre plant i…
Vote for Bibendum (or not)
Added: 17 Aug 2004
Yahoo and the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) are together trying to find out w…
Alfagomma moves TPV production to Germany's Albis Plastic
Added: 17 Aug 2004
MILAN, Italy (Aug. 13)--Albis Plastic GmbH of Hamburg, Germany, has taken over the global producti…
Nordmann, Rassmann moves into Romania
Added: 13 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Hamburg, Germany-German chemicals distributor Nordmann, R…
Conti eyes '04 improvements after strong first half
Added: 13 Aug 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Hanover, Germany-Continental AG anticipates 2004 operating earnings and …
Enviroshake maker acquired by tyre recycler
Added: 13 Aug 2004
By Angie DeRosa Plastics News
Chatham, Ontario-Publicly held tyre-recycling firm Unisphere Waste Con…
Nokian H1 sales, earnings up markedly
Added: 13 Aug 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Nokia, Finland-Nokian Tyres plc posted double-digit gains in both earni…
Michelin-Conti JV to open US tyre/wheel assembly plant
Added: 13 Aug 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Vance, Alabama-TW Fitting N.A. LLC, a Groupe Michelin/Continental AG jo…
Ansell's sales, earnings up
Added: 13 Aug 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Red Bank, New Jersey-Ansell Ltd.'s sales and earnings rose for the fisca…
BASF and Shell review strategic options for Basell
Added: 13 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Ludwigshafen, Germany/London-BASF AG and Shell are revie…
AES, Trexel to develop microcellular TPV weatherseals
Added: 13 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Akron, Ohio-Advanced Elastomer Systems, part of ExxonMob…
