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Dow Reichhold to boost nitrile latex price
Added: 18 Mar 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex L.L.C. will raise the price of nitrile lat…

Cooper to re-launch Avon brand in N America
Added: 18 Mar 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will relaunch its Avon passenger, light truck a…

Yokohama sets up windscreen sealant unit in China
Added: 17 Mar 2004
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. announced that it obtained an approval from the authority of Chekian…

Apollo announces Michelin investment
Added: 17 Mar 2004
Apollo Tyres expects the joint-venture tyre plant with Michelin in Ranjangaon in Maharashtra State …

Indian commodity exchange expects volume of 1700 tonnes in second year
Added: 17 Mar 2004
India's National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India (NMCE) has been trading rubber for one year, and…

Amtel plans 40 percent IPO in Oct 2005
Added: 17 Mar 2004
Russian tyre producer has outlined its plans for an initial stock offering (IPO). Alexei Gurin, gen…

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…