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Goodyear seeks to end shareholder rights earlier
Added: 4 Feb 2004
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company plans to amend Goodyear's shareholder rights plan, to accelerate…
Invista boss moves ahead of sale to Koch
Added: 4 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor/
Wilmington, Delaware-Gary Pfeiffer, DuPont's senior vice…
ACS to handle Goodyear's human resources unit
Added: 4 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
AKRON (Feb. 3)--Goodyear and ACS Inc. have signed a 10-year agreement un…
Rogers buys Korean NBR float business
Added: 4 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics news
ROGERS, Conn. (Feb. 3)--Rogers Corp has bought a South Korean maker of …
Cabot in Chinese fumed silica JV
Added: 3 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor
Boston, Massachusetts/ Beijing-Cabot (China) Ltd, a Cabo…
Aventis selling Wacker stake to meet EC terms
Added: 2 Feb 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor/
Strasbourg, France- Aventis is to divest its 49-percent …
US groups call tyre aging bill requirements 'premature'
Added: 2 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News/
Washington-Requiring tyre manufacturers and retailers to provide point-…
Court to consider whether to release Goodyear documents
Added: 2 Feb 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News/
Trenton, New Jersey-The New Jersey Supreme Court will consider whether …
Kuraray launches high performance TPE
Added: 30 Jan 2004
Kuraray Co., Ltd has introduced its range of Septon V thermoplastic elastomers, which it describes …
Honeywell to hike polyester fiber capacity at China JV
Added: 29 Jan 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News/
Colonial Heights, Virginia-Honeywell International Inc. plans to double…
Columbian profits up in 2003
Added: 29 Jan 2004
By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor/
Phoenix, Arizona-Carbon black producer Columbian Chemic…
Enquiry expands remit on anniversary of West Co explosion
Added: 29 Jan 2004
US Federal safety investigators are expanding the remit of their investigation to cover many types …
Latex plant for Vietnam
Added: 29 Jan 2004
New plant for Dac Lac province in Vietnam will cost around $2 million, add 100 jobs, and process 70…
Bridgestone to build leased logistics centre outside Paris
Added: 29 Jan 2004
Bridgestone Firestone Europe has struck an agreement with ProLogis in which the logistics company w…
GenCorp earnings fall in 2003
Added: 29 Jan 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News/
Sacramento, California-GenCorp Inc.'s net income fell 23.4 percent to $…
Experts expect strong M&A activity to continue
Added: 29 Jan 2004
By Frank Esposito, Plastics News/
Akron, Ohio-Polymer mergers and acquisitions activity is expected…
Goodyear looking to add $300 million term loan
Added: 29 Jan 2004
From Rubber & Plastics News
Akron, Ohio-Goodyear said it intends to commence a syndication being arr…
European truck registrations fall 1.5 percent in 2003
Added: 28 Jan 2004
Official ACEA data shows light truck registrations fell 1.4 percent, to 1.72 million units in 2003…
Chinese demand lifts commodity prices
Added: 28 Jan 2004
Korean importers say the 'black hole' of Chinese industrial demand is restricting supplies of indus…
Michelin's Brescia talks about RFID chips
Added: 28 Jan 2004
"If anyone is set to benefit from RFID it's the tyre industry. All of our tyres are offloaded indiv…
