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Hong Kong plans 'green' tyre tax
Added: 30 Mar 2004
Hong Kong government is discussing a 'green' tax on tyres that would cost around HK$40 per vehicle,…
India to impose tighter tyre regulation
Added: 30 Mar 2004
India is to regulate the tyres being fitted to new vehicles. From September 2004, according to a re…
Oregonians debate value of Beven's pyrolysis machine
Added: 30 Mar 2004
A tyre pyrolysis system invented by UK resident, Herbert Beven is under debate in Oregon. Beven say…
Solvay hiking TPO prices
Added: 30 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Auburn Hills, Michigan- Solvay Engineered Polymers is in…
Rhein Chemie to distribute Noveon accelerators
Added: 30 Mar 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Chardon, Ohio-Noveon Inc. has named Rhein Chemie Corp. as exclusive worl…
Michelin hiking European prices
Added: 30 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Clermont Ferrand, France-Groupe Michelin in increasing p…
New Ciba additives boss
Added: 30 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Basel, Switzerland-Brendan Cummins has taken over as hea…
Conti announces bid to buy Phoenix AG
Added: 29 Mar 2004
Continental AG has launched a bid to buy all the outstanding shares of Phoenix AG. Conti claims Pho…
Goodyear claims new synthetics can reduce NR dependency
Added: 29 Mar 2004
Goodyear Tire and Rubber, which claims to be better at synthetic rubber chemistry than its rival ty…
Amtel-Nokian: Russians accuse Finns of industrial espionage
Added: 29 Mar 2004
Amtel, Russia's largest tyre maker, has reportedly accused former partner Nokian Tyres of industria…
Gajah Tunggal may float Chinese unit
Added: 29 Mar 2004
The New Straits Times reports that China's largest tyre manufacturer, GT Tyre, sometimes known as G…
Volvo plans to source rubber parts from Thailand
Added: 29 Mar 2004
Volvo Truck and Bus (Thailand) Co, has said it plans to increase the local content of the trucks ma…
Hamm leaves DSM
Added: 26 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Heerlen, The Netherlands-Paul Hamm has left DSM, having …
Small fire at Freudenberg-NOK, no-one hurt
Added: 26 Mar 2004
Employees at a Freudenberg-NOK plant in Cleveland extinguished a small fire in a piece of machinery…
India resolves 15-year old dispute over aero tyres
Added: 26 Mar 2004
India's anti-trust authorities have thrown out a case alleging anti-competitive activities in aircr…
India may produce over 700 kt of rubber in 2004
Added: 26 Mar 2004
HIgher prices for rubber have stimulated Indian farmers to take more care of their trees, resulting…
Turkey bans tyre industry strike
Added: 26 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Brussels-Turkey's government has banned a strike by Last…
Hexagon buys Thona-becomes top European rubber compounder
Added: 25 Mar 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Stockholm-Hexagon Polymers has become the leading rubber compounding busines…
Dow Corning reduces costs of organo-silanes for silica compounds
Added: 25 Mar 2004
Dow Corning has announced a new process for making the organosilanes used in the tyre industry to a…
Cooper wants to sell non-tyre division
Added: 25 Mar 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Findlay, Ohio-Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is exploring the possibility of s…
