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Petroflex to become wholly owned subsidiary of Lanxess
Added: 20 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Leverkusen, Germany - Following Lanxess AG's tender offer for the remaining s…

Schaeffler buys more shares in Continental
Added: 17 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Herzogenaurach, Germany - Scaheffler Group has bought a fourth batch of stock…

Goodyear names Wells CFO
Added: 17 Oct 2008
Tire Business staff report
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has named Darren Wells chief financial officer,…

Parker Hannifin reports record sales in Q1 results
Added: 17 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Cleveland, Ohio - Parker Hannifin, major motion and control technology manufa…

IISRP offices, closed by hurricane, reopen
Added: 17 Oct 2008
Tire Business
Houston, Texas - The main offices of the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber …

Goodyear to idle 3 tyre plants, again
Added: 17 Oct 2008
Rubber & Plastics News
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has set a week-long shutdown of production at three ty…

Rubber group hosts Ferris State event
Added: 17 Oct 2008
Rubber & Plastics News
East Lansing, Michigan - West Michigan Rubber Group is inviting rubber indus…

Iranian researchers use butadiene to make molecular switch
Added: 16 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mazandaran, Iran -- Researchers in Iran have used butadiene to create a light-…

'Prospects for Run-Flat tires' available
Added: 16 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS) Amherst, Massachusetts -- Notch Consulting is making its, Prospects for Run-F…

Carbon black data book published
Added: 16 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Amherst, Massachusetts -- Notch Consulting is making its, Carbon Black World D…

Marangoni in retread link with Fedi Gomme
Added: 16 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Fedi Gomme Srl has established a strategic partnership with the Marangoni Grou…

News from elsewhere on the web (16 Oct 2008)
Added: 15 Oct 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Dow Elastomers upgrades hydrocarbon rubber products
Added: 15 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Midland, Michigan - Dow Elastomers has implemented “significant upgrades 

China tyre market report 2008 published
Added: 15 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Dublin, Republic of Ireland - Market research company Research and Markets ha…

Global thermal black market report
Added: 15 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Dublin, Republic of Ireland - The global thermal black market is subject to a…

New report on tyre cord market
Added: 15 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Dublin, Republic of Ireland - Research and Markets has compiled a new report,…

Bridgestone restructures Americas operations
Added: 15 Oct 2008
Tyre Business staff report
Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc. (BSAH) will r…

Bridgestone renames company operations
Added: 15 Oct 2008
Tire Business staff report
Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc. (BSAH) will ren…

ACS Rubber Division to use I-X centre in 2011
Added: 15 Oct 2008
Rubber & Plastics News staff report
Louisville, Kentucky - The ACS Rubber Division plans to hold it…

Syndication of Schaeffler's Conti loan on hold
Added: 15 Oct 2008
Automotive News Europe
London - Syndication of the Euro 16 100 million ($21.92 billion) loan backing…