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Texas judge approves $149 million class action settlement
Added: 17 Mar 2004
From R&PN
BEAUMONT, Texas (March 16)--A Texas state district judge in Beaumont has approved an agree…
Vietnam joins tripartite rubber cooperation
Added: 17 Mar 2004
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has reportedly said Vietnam will join the tripartite rubber …
Mothballed Armenian CR producer may be sold... Again
Added: 17 Mar 2004
ZAO Nairit, the Armenian producer of polychloroprene rubber, may sold once again. The company's cur…
Tokai plans 40 ktpa carbon black JV in Tianjin
Added: 17 Mar 2004
Tokai Carbon is planning a carbon black plant in the Tianjin district of China. Initial capacity of…
Vietnamese co to increase mattress production
Added: 17 Mar 2004
Saigon KymDan Rubber Joint Stock Co., aproducer of latex foam mattresses is building a new factory …
Bridgestone to make runflats in S African unit
Added: 17 Mar 2004
Bridgestone Corp. is investing Rand 700 million (€85 million) to modernise and expand its tyre fa…
Conti confirms plans for Brazil tyre plant
Added: 16 Mar 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hanover, Germany-Continental AG has confirmed that it is planning to invest …
Crompton fined $57 million, unveils another 'cartel'
Added: 16 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Middlebury, Connecticut-Crompton Corp. has reached settle…
Stomil Sanok adds equipment
Added: 15 Mar 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Nottingham, UK-Polish firm Stomil Sanok SA is adding more mixer-feeding equi…
Amtel-Nokian JV on the way out
Added: 15 Mar 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Nokia, Finland-Nokian Tyres plc announced 15 Mar that it aims to terminate i…
Bayer completes NewCo management team
Added: 12 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Leverkusen, Germany-Bayer AG has appointed Matthias Zach…
Dow Reichhold raises latex prices, more hikes to follow
Added: 12 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-Dow Reichhold Spe…
UK firm trials coke-from-tyres process
Added: 12 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
London-Moncktons Coke and Chemical Co. Ltd of Royston, ne…
Goodyear disciplines several managers
Added: 10 Mar 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Akron, Ohio-Goodyear has taken disciplinary action against several senio…
China's synthetic rubber output jumps 12 percent to 1270 kt
Added: 5 Mar 2004
According to data from the China National Petrochemical Corporation, China's petrochemical industry…
Kumho group aims for €5500 million sales in 2004
Added: 5 Mar 2004
Korean industrial group Kumho Asiana expects to generate Won7.8 million million (€5454 million) i…
Michelin extends onWay to Germany, Switzerland and Austria
Added: 5 Mar 2004
By David Shaw, ERJ editor
Geneva-Michelin has introduced its OnWay scheme to three more countries. T…
Freudenberg deal to buy Burgmann's seals business goes through
Added: 4 Mar 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Weinheim, Germany-Freudenberg & Co. has acquired most of Euro 92-million tur…
Bayer price hikes follow HNBR, EPDM 'margins collapse'
Added: 4 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Leverkusen, Germany-Bayer MaterialScience has announced …
India's MRF makes 265-mm wide tyres for Ford
Added: 4 Mar 2004
Indian tyre maker MRF has started production of 265/70 R15 tyres for fitment to Ford's Endeavour ve…
