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New female condom made from latex
Added: 16 Jun 2004
Intellx Inc. will introduce its VA condom for women throughout Europe during the second half of 200…

Malaysian compounder seeks European customers
Added: 16 Jun 2004
Malaysian rubber compounder, Goodway Integrated Industries Bhd is planning to enter the European ma…

Zeon to build LCD plant, R&D centre in Japan
Added: 16 Jun 2004
Zeon Corp, which has built its business around high-tech elastomer polymers, is continuing to devel…

BFS: Liberia ready to go back into NR business
Added: 16 Jun 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
HARBEL, Liberia--Bridgestone/Firestone has negotiated a new contract wit…

Role of carbon black in Formula 1 'tyre wars'
Added: 15 Jun 2004
Degussa AG has won a write-up in the German youth magazine, 'My Stuff and News' (Mysan) describing …

Polar to re-launch Adam condoms in India
Added: 15 Jun 2004
Polar Pharma India Ltd is to boost capacity for condom production in India's Orissa State and begin…

UK tyre recycling group emerges
Added: 11 Jun 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line/news editor
London-The UK is to have a new scrap tyre recycling body…

Conti acquires half of Phoenix's shares
Added: 11 Jun 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Hanover, Germany-Continental AG reports it has acquired more than 50 per…

RCMA, Centrobank discuss NR merger
Added: 10 Jun 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Hamburg, Germany-RCMA Commodities Asia Pte. Ltd. and Raiffeisen Centroba…

Dow Europe hikes latex prices by 18%
Added: 10 Jun 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Horgen, Switzerland- Dow Europe GmbH is increasing its l…

Eliokem raising Wingstay prices
Added: 10 Jun 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Villejuust, France-Eliokem SAS said it will boost prices on 1 July for i…

PolyOne sells Melos granulates business to MBO team
Added: 9 Jun 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Cleveland, Ohio-PolyOne Corp. has sold its Melos rubber …

IRSG reports rubber demand slows in May
Added: 9 Jun 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
London-Worldwide rubber consumption fell in May from April, the first mo…

DuPont boosts capacity despite cutting 3500 jobs
Added: 9 Jun 2004
By Frank Esposit Plastics News Staff
Wilmington, Delaware-2004 is shaping up to be an odd year for D…

Toyo to build plant in Georgia
Added: 7 Jun 2004
Osaka, Japan-Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. has confirmed Bartow County, Georgia, as the site for its …

Bridgestone in truck tyre retread JV with Marangoni
Added: 7 Jun 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Brussels-Bridgestone Europe NV/SA is the majority partne…

Crompton unifies polymer, chemicals leadership
Added: 7 Jun 2004
BBy Patrick Raleigh UT On-line/news editor
Middlebury, Connecticut-Crompton Corp. has appointed Myle…

Goodyear boss handed $0.5-million bonus
Added: 4 Jun 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Akron, Ohio-Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. chairman and CEO Robert Keegan re…

Ciba completes Raisio acquisition
Added: 3 Jun 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Basel, Switzerland-Ciba Specialty Chemicals has conclude…

Albemarle FR prices up 15 percent
Added: 3 Jun 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Baton Rouge, Louisiana- Albemarle Corp. is raising pri…