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Degussa adds capacity for silica in Turkey
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Izmit, Turkey -- The Chemicals Business Area of Germany-based Evonik Industries AG, Essen, has expa…
Eliokem raises prices for VP latex 35 percent
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Villejust, Paris -- Eliokem has announced a 35percent price increase for its Pliocord VP Latices ef…
Titan moves ahead with European unit stock buyback
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Tire Business staff report
Quincy, Illinois -- Titan International Inc. said it should be able to fi…
Canada OKs use of super single truck tyres
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Tire Business staff report
OTTAWA, Ontario (June 18, 2008) - Canada's Council of Ministers Responsib…
Cooper to acquire stake in Mexican tire plant
Added: 19 Jun 2008
Tire Business staff report
Fondlay, Ohio-- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is investing $31 million and tak…
PPG raising price of silica
Added: 18 Jun 2008
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- PPG Industries Inc. is enacting a price increase of as much as 20 perce…
Nisseki Chemical joins IISRP
Added: 18 Jun 2008
Houston, Texas -- Nisseki Chemical Texas Inc. is the latest company to join the International Insti…
DuPont to raise Viton prices 10 percent
Added: 18 Jun 2008
Wilmington, Delaware-- DuPont Performance Elastomers said it will raise prices on Viton fluoroelast…
PolymerLatex hikes prices, reviews plants
Added: 18 Jun 2008
Marl, Germany (June 17, 2008) -- PolymerLatex GmbH & Co. K.G. said it is hiking prices for all its …
1 dead, 6 injured in Goodyear SBR plant accident
Added: 18 Jun 2008
By Steve Dudukovich, Rubber & Plastics News Staff
Houston, Texas -- One employee was killed and six …
Tyre firms' CEOs to research tyres' health issues
Added: 18 Jun 2008
Tokyo -- The chief executive officers of tyre companies in the US, Japan, South Korea and Europe ap…
Turkish tyre workers agree new pact, end strike
Added: 18 Jun 2008
Istanbul, Turkey -- Workers at tyre plants of Bridgestone Corp., Goodyear and Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. a…
Chinese silane maker sets up European office
Added: 11 Jun 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Eindhoven, Netherlands -- Nanjing Shuguang Chemical Group Co., Ltd., a leading…
Cooper moves to moulding instead of extrusion for seals
Added: 11 Jun 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Vitré, France -- Cooper Standard Automotive is gradually switching away from …
Becker leaves Goodyear to become Apollo's head of research & technology
Added: 11 Jun 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres has named a German national as chief of researc…
Sentences due today in UK Marine hose case
Added: 11 Jun 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Bryan Allison, David Brammar and Peter Whittle admitted participatin…
Indian agency orders 1.5 million female condoms
Added: 11 Jun 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Chicago, Illinois -- The Female Health Company (FHC) said its technical collab…
News from elsewhere on the web (11 June 2008)
Added: 11 Jun 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Michelin to raise truck & bus tyre prices in Asia-Pacific
Added: 11 Jun 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Clermont-Ferrand, France -- Michelin is increasing truck and bus tyre prices s…
Trelleborg to close Canadian plant
Added: 11 Jun 2008
GUuelph, Ontario -- Trelleborg Sealing Solutions will close its Guelph, Ontario, plant as part of t…
