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Holz marks 75 years of rubber production
Added: 25 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Lodi, California -- This year, Holz Rubber Company is celebrating its 75th ann…
Volvo recalls US trucks for incorrect tyre labels
Added: 25 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- Volvo Trucks North America is recalling 1,926 trucks for poss…
Hexpol reports 46% rise in Q3 sales
Added: 22 Oct 2010
Stockholm - Hexpol AB, the Swedish polymers group which has just acquired the global rubber compoun…
Polyisobutylene business report available
Added: 22 Oct 2010
Dublin - Research and Markets has announced the addition of a report on the North American market f…
ExxonMobil completes Japanese BR expansion
Added: 22 Oct 2010
Kawasaki, Japan - ExxonMobil Chemical's Japanese affiliate ExxonMobil Yugen Kaisha announced that J…
Yokohama to raise prices on US consumer tyres
Added: 22 Oct 2010
Fullerton, California - Yokohama Tire Corp. is raising prices in the US on all consumer tyres, incl…
Pirelli to expand Argentine plant 20% by 2013
Added: 21 Oct 2010
Tire Business staff report, a Crain Publication
Merlo, Argentina - Pirelli Tyre SpA plans to invest …
DuPont announces nylon resin, TPE price increases
Added: 21 Oct 2010
Geneva, Switzerland - DuPont Performance Polymers has announced price increases in Europe, Middle-E…
Purcell Tire opens truck-tyre centre in Missouri
Added: 21 Oct 2010
Potosi, Missouri - The Purcell Tire and Rubber Co.has opened a truck-tyre centre in Cape Girardeau,…
Helvoet sponsors automotive fuel systems conference in Shanghai
Added: 21 Oct 2010
Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands - Helvoet Rubber & Plastic Technologies says it is sponsor of the 2…
Yokohama to sell high-performance tyres in overseas markets
Added: 21 Oct 2010
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd will begin selling its Premium comfort tyres ,the Advan dB ran…
Zeon Chemicals offers easy-processing HNBR elastomers
Added: 21 Oct 2010
Louisville, Kentucky - Zeon Chemicals is introducing a new family of HNBR elastomers, designated Ze…
Rhodia adds silica plant, celebrates 30 years in China
Added: 20 Oct 2010
Shanghai, China - Rhodia is celebrating its 30th anniversary of its presence in China, as its silic…
Sequencing of rubber genome opens doors to crop improvement
Added: 20 Oct 2010
Brickendonbury, England - A major step forward in the genetic analysis of the rubber tree (Hevea br…
Ceat Q2 net profit falls 75% to US$3.4M
Added: 20 Oct 2010
Mumbai, India - Ceat Ltd, the Indian tyre maker, has seen second-quarter profits plummet 75 percent…
Trelleborg AB creates nominations committee for 2011 AGM
Added: 20 Oct 2010
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg AB, the diversified Swedish rubber product maker, has created a nom…
California Gasket, Alliance Hose treble manufacturing space
Added: 20 Oct 2010
By Mike McNulty, Rubber & Plastics News Staff, A Crain Publication
Orange, California - California G…
EPDM Roofing Association joins US building coalition
Added: 20 Oct 2010
Bethesda, Maryland - The EPDM Roofing Association has become a member of the High-Performance Build…
Alliance adopts more global name, corporate ID
Added: 20 Oct 2010
Brentwood, Tennessee - Israel's Alliance Tire Co. Ltd. is adopting Alliance Tire Group as its new n…
UK fleets can save on tyre repairs
Added: 20 Oct 2010
Birmingham, England - UK car and fleet van customers could save money by visiting an ATS Euromaster…
