Latest News
Wacker switches Swiss distributor
Added: 27 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Munich, Germany-Munich-based Wacker Group has appointed …
India's NOCIL classed as "sick industrial company"
Added: 26 Feb 2004
National Organic Chemical Industries Ltd (NOCIL) has been officially classed as a "sick industrial …
NY Times reports on booming Chinese demand for natural rubber
Added: 26 Feb 2004
"All roads lead to China" according to Wate Thainugul, manager of the Thai Rubber Association, quot…
Hi-Tech Carbon adds 40ktpa carbon black capacity at Gummidipoondi
Added: 26 Feb 2004
Indian Rayon, a Birla group company, has informed the National Stock Exchange of India that its Hi…
Hangzhou Zhongce to make entry-level passenger tyres for Cooper
Added: 25 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Findlay, Ohio-Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will source about 1 million entry…
West teams up with Swedish pharmaceutical firm
Added: 25 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Lionville, Pennsylvania-West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. has a new co-d…
Goodyear radials for Australian airline
Added: 25 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Singapore-Qantas Airways has agreed a five-year deal to f…
Raw material costs hit Michelin 2003 earnings
Added: 25 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Paris-Groupe Michelin has posted a 6.7-percent drop in o…
Ansell, Sumitomo create glove venture
Added: 25 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Tokyo-Ansell Ltd. and Sumitomo Corp. will form a joint venture in the ne…
BLIC wants more time for PAH phase out
Added: 24 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Brussels-European Commission proposals to end the use of…
Kraton hiking SIS adhesive prices
Added: 24 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Houston, Texas-Kraton Polymers is raising its styrene-is…
Malaysia to dig up more rubber plantations
Added: 24 Feb 2004
A report in Malaysia's Star newspaper says that the Malaysian government plans to reduce the area u…
Tyre machinery adds to L&T's strategic direction
Added: 24 Feb 2004
India's Larsen & Toubro is concentrating on heavy engineering, following the divestment of non-core…
Vietnam exports more rubber at higher prices
Added: 24 Feb 2004
Vietnam's rubber industry is growing fast, according to a report on the national broadcasting stati…
Cordenka raising rayon tyre yarn capacity
Added: 24 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Obernburg, Germany-Cordenka is increasing the annual cap…
Kossan finds buyers for extra glove capacity
Added: 24 Feb 2004
Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd of Malaysia has increased its glove capacity by 1300 million units/yea…
Six killed in India, as polybutadiene rocket fuel explodes
Added: 24 Feb 2004
An explosion at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India has reportedly killed six and se…
India's rubber imports up by 215 percent by value
Added: 24 Feb 2004
The value of imports of all types of rubber to India increased by 215 percent in the eight months t…
Continental planning tyre JV in China -- report
Added: 24 Feb 2004
Continental AG may be planning to make tyres in China. A report in the Hannovershe Allgemeine Zeitu…
Q3 Profits fall at India's Ceat Tyre company
Added: 24 Feb 2004
Profits at Indian tyre maker Ceat fell by nearly half, despite a 27 percent increase in sales in th…
