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Phillips Carbon to double carbon black exports
Added: 4 Mar 2004
Indian carbon black maker, Phillips Carbon, has said it intends to increase total capacity to 225 0…

Vietnam aims for €6 million in tyre exports
Added: 4 Mar 2004
Vietnam's Chemical Corporation has said it expects export earnings from rubber tyres and tubes to r…

Malaysia might ban rubberwood exports
Added: 4 Mar 2004
Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik, Malaysia's minister of primary industries has reportedly warned that M…

Indian rubber exporters create Association
Added: 4 Mar 2004
A group, called the All India Natural Rubber Exporters Association has been established, to help ru…

Goodyear Dunlop axing another 84 tyre jobs at UK plant
Added: 4 Mar 2004
From Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Birmingham, UK-Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd is to end …

IVG Colbachini inaugurates new Czech hose plant
Added: 3 Mar 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Padua, Italy-IVG Colbachini SpA officially opened its new hose plant in Krno…

Trelleborg acquires French hose manufacturer
Added: 3 Mar 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Trelleborg's Engineered Systems business has bought the Dynaflex hose busin…

Audi extends Michelin Pax option to new A6
Added: 3 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Geneva, Switzerland-Audi AG will offer Michelin's PAX sy…

Dow raising emulsion prices
Added: 3 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Midland, Michigan- Dow Emulsion Polymers, part of Dow Che…

Lord expands Michigan technology centre
Added: 3 Mar 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Wixom, Michigan-Lord Corp. has expanded its facility in the Detroit area to …

Cash rich Vita looking to buy
Added: 2 Mar 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
London-British Vita plc is looking for opportunities to spend, following the…

Michelin NZG for Virgin Atlantic
Added: 2 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Clermont Ferrand, France-Michelin Aircraft Tyre has signe…

Amtel aims for finance from European bank
Added: 1 Mar 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Moscow-Amtel Holdings Holland BV and OOO Amtel Company have jointly mandated…

Beru TPM sales up 62 percent
Added: 1 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Ludwigsburg, Germany- Beru AG's tyre pressure monitoring …

Dura seeks growth beyond Big 3
Added: 1 Mar 2004
By Robert Sherefkin Automotive News
Detroit, Michigan-This is the year that tests Larry Denton's dur…

Dow coatings firm to invest S100 million
Added: 1 Mar 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Cary, North Carolina-UCAR Emulsion Systems (UES), part o…

Freudenberg puts Chem-Trend into new specialities group
Added: 1 Mar 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Weinheim, Germany-Freudenberg & Co. has put its recent acquisition, release …

Tomkins building belt plant in China
Added: 27 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
London-Tomkins plc has broken ground on an industrial power transmission…

BFS to replace 297 000 Steeltex tyres
Added: 27 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Nashville, Tennessee-Bridgestone/Firestone is replacing 297 000 Fireston…

Cooper-Standard inks tech pact with Korean firm
Added: 27 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Novi, Michigan-Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s Cooper-Standard Automotive uni…