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Michelin investing in NI tyre plant
Added: 10 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line new editor
Belfast, Northern Ireland-Groupe Michelin is to carry out…

Excel Polymers new name for former PolyOne unit
Added: 9 Aug 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Solon, Ohio-The new owners of the former PolyOne Elastomers and Performa…

Charles Lawrence ups scrap tyre demand
Added: 6 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
London-Groupe Michelin has reported a big increase in de…

PolyOne completes elastomers unit sale
Added: 6 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Cleveland, Ohio-PolyOne Corp. has completed the $120-mil…

Goodyear sues rubber chemical suppliers
Added: 6 Aug 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Akrron, Ohio-Goodyear has filed an antitrust lawsuit against makers and …

Michelin to upgrade Nova Scotia plants
Added: 6 Aug 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Halifax, Nova Scotia-Michelin North America Inc. will spend about $31 mi…

Honda minivan to ride on PAX run-flat system
Added: 3 Aug 2004
By Yuzo Yamaguchi, Crain News Service/Automotive News
Tokyo-Honda Motor Co. will equip its redesigne…

BMW set to launch all-runflat 1 Series
Added: 3 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
London-BMW has chosen 18 Sept as the date for the pan-Eu…

DuPont still tied to tyre cord JVs
Added: 3 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
London-DuPont has not yet divested its tyre cord interes…

Bridgestone starts third Thai operation
Added: 3 Aug 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Tokyo-Bridgestone Corp. has inaugurated production at its third tyre pla…

Goodyear gains military aircraft tyre grant
Added: 3 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Akron, Ohio-Goodyear has received a $2.25-million grant t…

Liveris to become Dow president and CEO
Added: 3 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh UT On-line news editor
Midland, Michigan- Bill Stavropoulos is passing over his r…

Dow Reichhold raising prices
Added: 3 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-Dow Reichhold Spec…

Dow Corning earnings ahead at H1
Added: 3 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Midland, Michigan-Dow Corning Corp. has posted a 47-perc…

New boss for Solvay Engineered Polymers
Added: 3 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Mansfield, Texas-Solvay Engineered Polymers Inc. has appo…

Wacker Silicones opens “web shopâ€
Added: 3 Aug 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Munich, Germany-Wacker Group has launched a web-based or…

VMI buys extrusion division of A-Z Formen und Maschinen.
Added: 2 Aug 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Epe, The Netherlands-Machinery maker VMI Epe Holland BV has extended its act…

Conti ready to appoint new automotive systems chief
Added: 30 Jul 2004
Hanover, Germany-Continental AG is ready to appoint Dr Karl-Thomas Neumann to succeed Dr Wolfgang …

ERJ preview of K 2004: information needed
Added: 28 Jul 2004
London-The September issue of European Rubber Journal will preview the K2004 exhibition for the pla…

Cooper sets up automotive profiles JV in China with Saiyang
Added: 28 Jul 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
NOVI, Michigan-Cooper-Standard Automotive is to make automotive sealing syst…