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Argentina rules against Bridgestone/Firestone
Added: 20 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Brussels-Argentina's labour minister Carlos Tomado on 19…
Bandvulc opens new UK facility
Added: 20 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
London- Bandvulc Tyres has commissioned a new tyre proces…
'Filler Reinforcement of Rubber' call for papers
Added: 19 Feb 2004
Conference on the 'Filler Reinforcement of Rubber'
- including all aspects of fillers and filler-rub…
Cabot to expand Brazilian carbon black plant
Added: 19 Feb 2004
Cabot Corp. is planning an expansion of its carbon black unit at Maua, Sao Paulo, Brazil, to 120 00…
'Smart' road hump uses rubber tubing
Added: 18 Feb 2004
A "smart" road hump based on a rubber fabrication will be demonstrated to emergency services and ot…
Toyo confirms plan to build US tyre plant
Added: 18 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Osaka, Japan-Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd has confirmed that it plans to …
Cooper signs NVH deal with Korean company
Added: 18 Feb 2004
Cooper-Standard Automotive has signed
a technical assistance agreement with Daekyung Chemical Corpor…
European industrial glove market under threat from cheap imports
Added: 18 Feb 2004
Europe's €1050 million industrial glove market is under threat from low-cost imports from the Far…
Myers to purchase rubber, plastics goods manufacturers
Added: 18 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics news
AKRON (Feb. 17)--Myers Industries Inc. will acquire Michigan Rubber Prod…
EC moves to ban PAH-rich extenders in tyres by 2008
Added: 17 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Brussels-The European Commission has adopted a proposal t…
Rapra adds Steinl injection machine for EPDM, TPEs
Added: 17 Feb 2004
By David Shaw ERJ editor
Shawbury, UK-Rapra Technology and LWB Steinl have launched a new technolog…
Dollar toll on Michelin sales
Added: 16 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Clermont-Ferrand, France-Groupe Michelin's efforts to gr…
Falken raising tyre prices
Added: 16 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Osaka, Japan-Falken Tire Trading Ltd, a subsidiary of Sum…
New Bridgestone CEO: Expect end to Ford feud
Added: 16 Feb 2004
By Richard Truett, Automotive News
Chicago, Illinois-The icy relationship between Ford Motor Co. and…
Bridgestone - Amtel mystery deepens
Added: 13 Feb 2004
A spokesman for Bridgestone Europe has absolutely denied press reports that it has struck "a prelim…
NHTSA release tyre safety ratings for 2004
Added: 13 Feb 2004
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released data on tyre safety for 2004. Th…
SEC formally probes Goodyear
Added: 12 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Akron, Ohion-The US Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a fo…
Dow to make new elastomers
Added: 12 Feb 2004
By: Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Horgen, Switzerland-Dow Chemical Co. has launched a new …
Vibracoustic N America names Abboud as president
Added: 12 Feb 2004
Freudenberg-NOK, has appointed Pierre Y. Abboud as president of its North American Vibracoustic bus…
Conti mulls adding tyre plant in Brazil
Added: 12 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Hanover, Germany-Continental AG is evaluating sites in Brazil and the Ba…
