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News from elsewhere on the web (02 Oct 2008)
Added: 2 Oct 2008
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Michelin eyes truck, OTR tyre plant in India
Added: 2 Oct 2008
Paris -- Group Michelin will expand passenger tyre capacity at its plant in Itatiaia, Brazil, and i…

Attend Tyrexpo Asia; participate in World Rubber Summit debate
Added: 2 Oct 2008
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Singapore -- Visitors to TyrexpoAsia 09 will have the opportunity to join coll…

NR prices continue to fall
Added: 2 Oct 2008
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Tokyo -- Natural rubber prices closed at Yen 246.3 ($2.33)/kg on the Tokyo exc…

Fenner completes CSC acquisition
Added: 2 Oct 2008
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London -- Fenner PLC has completed the acquisition of the Conveyor Services Gr…

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…