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TPE meeting set for Shanghai in November

Added: 2 Oct 2008

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Singapore -- A Chinese conference company has organised a meeting on thermopla…

Dow raises rubber prices

Added: 1 Oct 2008

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Horgen, Switzerland -- Effective October 1st, 2008, or as contract terms allow…

Alan Hippe to take control of Conti's rubber activities

Added: 1 Oct 2008

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Hanover, Germany -- Conti has reshuffled its senior management, and put Dr. Al…

Pirelli to expand Romanian tyre factory

Added: 1 Oct 2008

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Bucharest, Romania -- Pirelli is to invest an additional 250 million Euros in …

Trelleborg to move French hose activities to Turkey

Added: 1 Oct 2008

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Nantes, France -- Trelleborg has said significant portions of Fluid Solutions …

Canadian charities benefit from EPDM fines

Added: 1 Oct 2008

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Toronto, ,Quebec -- Toronto Community Foundation is distributing $231,922 (eur…

US Commerce dept seeks comment on CR anti-dumping levies

Added: 1 Oct 2008

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Washington DC -- The US Department of Commerce is seeking comment on a proposa…

Marangoni retread building new compounding plant

Added: 1 Oct 2008

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Henstedt-Ulzburg, Gemany -- Marangoni subsidiary, Ellerbrock GmbH is in the pr…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 Oct 2008)

Added: 1 Oct 2008

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ECHA announces new chairman, publishes IT tools

Added: 1 Oct 2008

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Helsinki, Finland -- The Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (EC…

Marangoni retread wins new partner in Brazil

Added: 1 Oct 2008

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Sao Paolo, Brazil -- Renovadora de Pneus SL, one of the leading truck tyre ret…

Lanxess to sell some EPDM grades in pellet form

Added: 1 Oct 2008

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Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG has brought on-stream a pelletising plant at…

Amerityre reduces net loss in fiscal 2008

Added: 1 Oct 2008

Boulder City, Nevada -- Polyurethane tyre developer Amerityre Corp. was $4.22 million in the red in…

Sibur-Amtel deal is off -- for now, at least

Added: 30 Sep 2008

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London -- Amtel-Vredestein NV has advised the London Stock Exchage that its pr…

Study shows athletes can ingest lead from artificial turf

Added: 29 Sep 2008

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Piscataway, new Jersey -- A new study by researchers at the UMDNJ-School of Pu…

ADAC publishes results of winter tyre tests

Added: 29 Sep 2008

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Munich, germany -- ADAC, the influential German motorists' association, has pu…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 Sept 2008)

Added: 29 Sep 2008

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Challenges loom for auto supplier bosses

Added: 29 Sep 2008

Douglas Bolduc, Automotive News Europe

Supplier executives face difficult times as auto production s…

Cooper curtails N.A. operations due to materials shortage

Added: 26 Sep 2008

Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has been forced to curtail production at all its North Am…

Four more join IRSG's panel of associates

Added: 26 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Singapore -- The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) said four more organi…