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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…

ECCMR-4 set for Stockholm, June 2005
Added: 28 Jul 2004
ECCMR-4, the European Conference on Constitutive Models for Rubber is scheduled for 27-29 June, 200…

Chinese mould maker seeks listing
Added: 28 Jul 2004
Guangdong Greatoo Molds Inc., a Chinese tyre mould maker, has said it hopes to raise about Yuan 260…

Firestone's Liberian plantation 'dead within ten years'
Added: 28 Jul 2004
A legal spokesman for Firestone has said the world's largest rubber plantation might be dead within…

Cooper adds race tyre activity in Georgia
Added: 27 Jul 2004
Findlay, Ohio-Cooper Tires has announced that it is to begin making racing tyres at its facility in…

Cabot announces Q3 result
Added: 27 Jul 2004
Boston-Cabot Corp has announced its 3rd quarter results. Profits from carbon black increase by $10 …

Bridgestone Metalpha adds steelcord capacity in Tennessee
Added: 27 Jul 2004
Clarksville, Tennessee-Bridgestone Metalpha is adding capacity to its steelcord plant here. The com…

Crompton boss: Davis-Standard 'doesn't fit'
Added: 27 Jul 2004
By Bill Bregar Plastics News
Pawcatuck, Connecticut-A week after a press report that Crompton Corp.…

Flexsys files patent infringement suit vs. Korea Kumho Petrochemical
Added: 27 Jul 2004
Brussels - Rubber chemicals supplier Flexsys N.V. has filed a patent infringement suit against a So…

Cooper Standard Automotive sale set for third quarter
Added: 23 Jul 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Findlay, Ohio-Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. continues “to explore the sale of i…

Crompton announces restructure, Q2 gains
Added: 23 Jul 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Middlebury, Connecticut-Crompton Corp. is to carry out a…

Goodway establishes European JV with Italmatic
Added: 22 Jul 2004
Malaysian compounder Goodway Integrated Industries Bhd has formed a European joint venture with Ita…

Conti's latest Romanian venture starts up
Added: 22 Jul 2004
Sibiu, Romania-Continental AG has invested Euro 20 million to add an automotive systems plant in Si…