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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 shop”

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…