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SweetskinZ aims for new product ranges
Added: 23 Jun 2008
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania -- A small US company called SweetskinZ aims to revolutionise the image o…

Tokyo NR prices jump to Yen 345/kg
Added: 23 Jun 2008
Tokyo, Japan -- Prices of natural rubber closed at around Yen 345/kg ($3.20) on Tokyo's TOCOM excha…

Gluco adds vertical insert moulding machine
Added: 23 Jun 2008
Jenison, Michigan -- Gluco Inc. has announced a specially designed low cost vertical insert-mouldin…

EarthFirst files for chapter 11 bankruptcy
Added: 23 Jun 2008
Tampa, Florida -- EarthFirst Technologies, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries filed for Chapter…

Malaysian NR production shows signs of stabilising
Added: 23 Jun 2008
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- malaysian production of natural rubber (NR) in April 2008 was recorded at…

Berstorff TPE-V production system no longer needs pellets
Added: 23 Jun 2008
Hanover, Germany -- Hannover-based KraussMaffei Berstorff GmbH has developed a system solution for …

Michelin releases sales figures for May
Added: 23 Jun 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market data for the month o…

Lanxess raises rubber chemicals prices
Added: 23 Jun 2008
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG's rubber chemicals business unit is to increase its prices worldw…

News from elsewhere on the web (23/June/2008)
Added: 23 Jun 2008
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Eliokem announces new price increases for nitrile and masterbatch
Added: 20 Jun 2008
Villejust, Paris -- Eliokem has increased prices by up to 12 percent for products made in its Valia…

Italian OTR tyre maker buys Chinese factory
Added: 20 Jun 2008
Verona, Italy -- Italian off-the-road (OTR) tyre maker Mai Group has acquired the OTR tyre-related …

China's tyre industry studied
Added: 20 Jun 2008
Dublin, Ireland -- A new report on te China tyre industry is now available from the Research & Mark…

UK rubber association may fold without more members
Added: 20 Jun 2008
By David Eldridge
London -- More rubber and polyurethane companies need to back their trade associat…

Belshina expanding, upgrading capacities
Added: 20 Jun 2008
Bobruisk, Belarus -- Tyre and rubber products maker JSC Belshina Belarus Tyre Works is planning to …

Simrit buys assets of seal maker Tetralene
Added: 20 Jun 2008
Plymouth, Michigan -- Freudenberg-NOK G.P.'s Simrit Division has purchased the assets of Tetralene,…

Dow Chemical to close 2 more latex sites in N America
Added: 20 Jun 2008
Midland, Michigan -- Dow Chemical Co. said it will close latex plants in California and Quebec by t…

Ground rubber surface safety debate continues in US
Added: 20 Jun 2008
By Miles Moore, Rubber & Plastics News
SAN DIEGO-State legislatures are rushing to judgment against …

News from elsewhere on the web (20/June/2008)
Added: 20 Jun 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Nynas launches new unlabelled oil for tyres
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Stockholm, Sweden -- Nynas has launched Nytex 4700, developed specifically for tyre compounds to me…

ECHA to re-issue pre-registration submission guidelines
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Helsinki, Finland -- ECHA is to re-issue its submissino lines, after initial studies showed that so…