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Cooper posts loss in second quarter
Added: 5 Aug 2008
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. posted a second quarter net loss of $22.2 million, citing…

Exxon completes halobutyl expansion
Added: 5 Aug 2008
Houston, Texas -- ExxonMobil Chemical Co. has completed a major expansion at its Baytown, Texas, pl…

Herzlich declared, 'friend of the tyre industry'
Added: 4 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Las Vegas, US -- Harold Herzlich, is to receive the "Friend of the Industry Aw…

PolymerLatex raises prices again
Added: 4 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Marl, Germany -- PolymerLatex is increasing prices of its latices worldwide. N…

ITEC opens next month in Akron
Added: 4 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- The three-day ITEC (International Tire Exhibition & Conference)…

Apollo appoints Gupta as CFO
Added: 4 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, Haryana, India, -- Salil Gupta has been appointed Chief Financial Off…

Rapra promotes Michael Day to managing director
Added: 4 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shropshire, UK -- Smithers Rapra has promoted sales and technology director Mi…

News from elsewhere on the web (04 August 2008)
Added: 4 Aug 2008
(21 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ECHA publishes July/August newsletter
Added: 4 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency, has published a news…

Solideal buys World Wide Wheel
Added: 4 Aug 2008
Knoxville, Tennessee -- Solideal USA has acquired the assets of World Wide Wheel L.L.C. to bolster …

ContiTech sells Phoenix Dichtungstechnik to private equity fund
Added: 1 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- ContiTech AG, Hanover, a division of Continental AG, has s…

Lanxess goes monthly with rubber price increases
Added: 1 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- For the second consecutive month, Lanxess is increasing…

China Sunsine sees sales up by 50 percent in first half
Added: 1 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- China Sunsine Chemical, the Chinese rubber chemical manufacturer …

Fenner buys US conveyor maintenance firm, KESCO
Added: 1 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Fenner PLC, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Fenner Dunlop Conve…

UNAIDS releases report on AIDS control
Added: 1 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva -- UNAUDS, the UNited Nation organisation charged with reducing the ima…

Lionax delivers 100 000 TPMS units to Europe
Added: 1 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- CHinese electronics specialist Lionax has delivered 100,000 units of …

Soaring UHP sales help Hankoook to a record result in H1
Added: 1 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Hankook Tire has announced second quarter year-on-year sales g…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 August 2008)
Added: 1 Aug 2008
(16 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Sales of steelcord in China roar ahead at Bekaert
Added: 1 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kortrijk, Belgium -- Both sales and margins improved at NV Bekaert SA, which h…

Dow Reichhold raising prices for NBR, SBR latex
Added: 1 Aug 2008
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina -- Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex L.L.C. is raising prices fo…