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Takreer assigns carbon black contract to Samsung Engineering
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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Seoul, Korea -- Samsung Engineering said it has received a letter of award (LO…

SI Group complaint prompts US ITC to Investigate rubber resin imports
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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New York -- Following a complaint by SI Group, Inc., the US International Trad…

News from elsewhere on the web (25 June 2012)
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Hangzhou Zhongce sets up intelligent tyre alliance
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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Beijing -- A number of Chinese enterprises have announced plans to set up an I…

Bridgestone opens 'ready for 2050' website
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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Tokyo -- Bridgestone has opened a website in which is demonstrates it prepared…

Is carbon black an analog for graphene? Researchers think so
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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London - Researchers at the Singapore-based Nanyang Technological University a…

Tokyo NR prices plunge below $3
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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London - Rubber prices eased again over the weekend. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange…

InterFace buys Freudenberg plate seal unit
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania -- Interface Solutions, Inc. said it has bought Freude…

Vail Rubber adding roller plant in Alabama
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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St Joseph, Michigan -- Vail Rubber Works Inc. plans to improve its supply of…

BRC Rubber buys Veyance unit assets in Canada
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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Churubusco , Indiana --BRC Rubber & Plastics Inc. has acquired the equipmen…

Rubber Research to buy Hi Tek Rubber
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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Minneapolis, Minnesota -- Rubber Research, Inc.,is intending to buy another sc…

Global tyre industry studied
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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Dublin, Ireland - Just-Auto has published a new report titled, Global market r…

Pirelli UK promotes Sandivasci
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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Burton-on-Trent, UK -- - Dominic Sandivasci, Managing Director of Pirelli UK s…

US roofing company opens EPDM sheeting line
Added: 25 Jun 2012
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Denver, Colorado -- Johns Manville has opened a new commercial roofing single-…

Michelin trialling 'smart' bus tyres at London Olympics
Added: 21 Jun 2012
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London -- Michelin is installing 'smart' tyres on a fleet of buses used for th…

Acquisition makes Cabot world leader in activated carbon
Added: 21 Jun 2012
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Boston, Massachusetts -- Cabot Corp. is to buy Norit N.V., the global leader i…

Cordiant to invest in Omsk region
Added: 21 Jun 2012
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Omsk, Russia -- Russian tyre maker Cordiant is to invest more than euro 240 mi…

Toyo consolidates non-tyre business unit
Added: 21 Jun 2012
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Osaka, Japan -- Toyo Tire & Rubber is re-structuring its non-tyre business uni…

Jama releases automotive data book
Added: 21 Jun 2012
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Tokyo -- Japan's federation of vehicle makers JAMA has published it's annual d…

Gevo to make bio-isobutanol in Malaysia
Added: 21 Jun 2012
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Englewood, Colorado -- Gevo, Inc. is planning to build a cellulosic biomass is…