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SSL reports higher sales profits for six months
Added: 27 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- SSL International -- which makes condoms and health products -- has…

Labor boss outlines where GM's axe will fall at Opel/Vauxhall
Added: 27 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
RUESSELSHEIM (Reuters) -- General Motors Co. has targeted Germany for the bulk…

News from elsewhere on the web (27 Nov 2009)
Added: 27 Nov 2009
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

DP Seals keeps antique aircraft flying
Added: 27 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Poole, UK -- Precision rubber moulder DP Seals has created a set of seals whic…

Tyre Technical consultants sets up in Hannover
Added: 27 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- A group of tyre consultants has banded together to form T…

Ansell adds chemical protection gloves
Added: 27 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Ansell Healthcare has introduced a new chemical-resistant glove, k…

Short report published on Romanian glove maker
Added: 27 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- SeeNews has published a new report titled, Dermatina SA (Ro…

ERJ seeks information from Tire Technology 2010 exhibitors - Closes today
Added: 27 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The next issue of ERJ will contain a preview of the TTE event in Col…

Avon Rubber turns to profit on 68% higher sales for 12 months
Added: 26 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- A transformed Avon Rubber has produced impressive results for the 12…

GM will keep open all its German Opel plants
Added: 26 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Munich, Germany -- General Motors Co. will keep open all four of its Opel fact…

Sweden says GM still hopes to find buyer for Saab
Added: 26 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Stockholm (Reuters) -- A Swedish government official said today that General M…

Arkema's purchase of peroxide operation, facility boosts base
Added: 26 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Cleveland, Ohio -- The purchase of GEO Specialty Chemical Co.'s peroxide ope…

News from elsewhere on the web (26 Nov 2009)
Added: 26 Nov 2009
(19 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ACS Rubber Division moves offices this weekend
Added: 26 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Akron, Ohio -- The ACS Rubber Division is moving its office off the Universi…

Desma records 2500th visitor to virtual booth
Added: 26 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cyberspace -- Early this month, Desma recorded its 2.500th visitor to its virt…

ASTM offers course in rubber test procedures
Added: 26 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- The ASTM is holding a course on rubber testing and the ASTM st…

Euro Parliament approves tyre labelling legislation
Added: 25 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- The European Parliament approved the draft regulation on tyre labe…

European truck sales fall for 18th consecutive month
Added: 25 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- New commercial vehicle registrations in Europe have declined for a…

BASF to close three X-SBR plants as paper industry plummets
Added: 25 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ludwigshafen, Germany -- BASF's paper chemicals division will close productio…

Solutia to sell Cologne accelerator production to Taminco
Added: 25 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cologne, Germany -- Solutia Inc.is to discontinue manufacturing at its plant …