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Court OKs GPX Canadian, solid tyre asset sales
Added: 10 Dec 2009
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Boston, Massachusetts -- The US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachus…

Trelleborg to cede Galaxy rights to Alliance
Added: 10 Dec 2009
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Milan, Italy -- Trelleborg Wheel Systems SpA will stop distributing Galaxy-bra…

UK moulder buys Maplan's CoolDrive unit
Added: 10 Dec 2009
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Northampton, UK -- Austrian press manufacturer Maplan has delivered the first …

US company claims coupling agent replaces organo-silanes and works in NR
Added: 10 Dec 2009
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Charlotte, North Carolina -- US distribution company Polytive International ha…

News from elsewhere on the web (10 Dec 2009)
Added: 10 Dec 2009
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Registration open for IISRP meeting in Dubai next April
Added: 10 Dec 2009
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Houston, Texas -- The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (I…

Yokohama claims Thai tyre factory is zero emission
Added: 10 Dec 2009
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Chonburi, Thailand -- Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.,said it…

Stamford Tyres back in profit in Q2
Added: 10 Dec 2009
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Singapore -- Stamford Tyres has returned to profit for the three months ended …

Short report on Bridgestone published
Added: 10 Dec 2009
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Paris -- Global Markets Direct has published a new report titled, Bridgestone…

US company launches tyre visualisation software
Added: 10 Dec 2009
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Denver, Colorado -- OptimumG claimt to offer a new set of software tools for t…

Wacker, Asahi Kasei mark 10 years of co-operation
Added: 10 Dec 2009
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Tokyo -- Wacker Asahikasei Silicone Co., Ltd. marked its tenth anniversary ear…

Schäfer consolidates businesses into SchäferRolls
Added: 9 Dec 2009
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Rennigen, Germany -- Schäfer is to merge its roll-covering businesses into a …

After bio-isoprene, now it could be bio-butadiene
Added: 9 Dec 2009
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Seattle, Washington, A small US-based bio-engineering startup has won a large …

UK government commits to enforcing tyre noise rules
Added: 9 Dec 2009
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London -- In response to a question from Liberal Democrat peer Lord Dykes, the…

Yet another rubber devulcanisation company pops up
Added: 9 Dec 2009
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Houston, Texas -- Another process which claims to devulcanise rubber has emerg…

News from elsewhere on the web (09 Dec 2009)
Added: 9 Dec 2009
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

China's tyre making industry studied
Added: 9 Dec 2009
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Paris -- IBISWorld has published a new report titled,

Tyre recyclers link up over carbon
Added: 9 Dec 2009
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Bratislava, Slovakia -- CBp Carbon Industries, Inc and Carbon Green Inc. have …

Short report published on Pirelli
Added: 9 Dec 2009
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Paris -- Global Markets Direct has published a new report titled, Pirelli & C.…

Rubore adds new vulcanisation line
Added: 8 Dec 2009
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Kalmar, Sweden -- Rubore has built a completely new facility for brake shims, …