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Apollo to rescue Dunlop India plant
Added: 6 Jan 2004
Apollo Tyres is reported to have signed a deal to rescue Dunlop India's multi-purpose tyre plant in…
Airbags for Spirit Mars lander used rubber coating
Added: 6 Jan 2004
A Massachussetts company supplied the airbags used to protect the Mars landing craft known as Spiri…
Nissan Actic uses Michelin tyres
Added: 6 Jan 2004
Nissan's Actic concept car uses a new type of Michelin tyre, apparently based on the PAX design, bu…
Silvertown gets new controls and software for testing via MERL
Added: 23 Dec 2003
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hertford, UK-MERL has won a contract to upgrade test machine control and ana…
Icon Polymer posts record profits
Added: 22 Dec 2003
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Retford, UK-British rubber part supplier Icon Polymer Group has achieved a 3…
Philips carbon gets tyre supply deal, expands capacity
Added: 17 Dec 2003
Indian Carbon Black supplier, Phillips Carbon Black Ltd (PCBL) invests Rs 1000 million ($22 milion)…
China to lift import quotas on rubber, tyres
Added: 17 Dec 2003
China has reportedly decided to remove import quotas on a range of chemical products, including nat…
Dow Corning promotes Burns to CEO
Added: 17 Dec 2003
From Rubber & Plastics News
Midland, Michigan-Silicone and silicon materials supplier Dow Corning Co…
Cooper raises US performance tyre capacity
Added: 17 Dec 2003
From Rubber & Plastics News
Tupelo, Mississippi-Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is investing $7.5 million i…
Michelin continues to sell converting plants as Kosa buys South Carolina unit
Added: 17 Dec 2003
Groupe Michelin has sold another tyre fabric converting plant. This time, KoSa has bought the forme…
Eau Claire firm opens 'Dry Mixing" operation in Trenton, New Jersey
Added: 17 Dec 2003
American Phoenix Inc. is expanding its 'dry mixing' operations, and opening a new plant in Trenton,…
Philips carbon gets tyre supply deal, expands capacity
Added: 17 Dec 2003
Indian Carbon Black supplier, Phillips Carbon Black Ltd (PCBL) invests Rs 1000 million ($22 milion)…
PolyOne to open Chinese rubber compounds plant
Added: 17 Dec 2003
From Rubber & Plastics News
Cleveland, Ohio - PolyOne Corp. is building a specialty rubber compoundi…
IRRDB meeting opens in Kottayam
Added: 17 Dec 2003
An international, four-day workshop on Exploitation Technology has opened in Kottayam, India. The w…
Sumitomo Rubber plans tyre sales network in China
Added: 15 Dec 2003
Following a report in last week's Nikkei, Yahoo says SRI plans to develop a 400-store network in Ch…
MG Technologies sells Safic-Alcan
Added: 15 Dec 2003
By David Shaw ERJ Editor and Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Frankfurt Germany- MG Technolog…
Kinugawa Rubber subsidiary to list in Taiwan
Added: 11 Dec 2003
Report in the Nikkei says Taiwanese rubber manufacturer, Chung Kwang Rubber Goods Mfg. Co., will li…
India changes tax rebate rules for tyre exporters
Added: 10 Dec 2003
Per-item cap is removed on tyre export rebates, making the export rebate calculated solely on weigh…
Kumpulan Guthrie selects Abd Wahab as CEO
Added: 10 Dec 2003
New Chief Exec comes straight from Golden Hope, and starts on 1 Jan, 2004.
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Compounding upgrade for Goodyear Dunlop in the UK
Added: 10 Dec 2003
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Nottingham, UK-The Goodyear Dunlop tyres plant at Washington, Tyne and Wear,…
