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MSi purchases Southland Technologies
Added: 11 Feb 2008
Lincolnwood, Illinois -- Modern Silicones Technologies Inc. has acquired US-based Southland Technol…

Showa Denka reports profit rise for 2007
Added: 8 Feb 2008
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Tokyo -- Showa Denko K.K. has reported operating income up by an 11.6 percent…

Report looks into Chinese demand for elastomers
Added: 8 Feb 2008
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Paris -- Information broker ReportLinker is selling a report titled Chinese M…

News from elsewhere on the web 08/Feb/08
Added: 8 Feb 2008
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Old report on gloves market now available
Added: 8 Feb 2008
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Dublin, Ireland -- Information broker Research and Markets is now selling a ye…

Trelleborg must pay Euro 18 million tax bill - Judge
Added: 8 Feb 2008
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Trelleborg, Sweden -- A judge has ruled that Trelleborg was not entitled to ca…

Avon Rubber sells aerosol gasket unit to ... Avon Group
Added: 8 Feb 2008
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Melksham, UK -- Avon Rubber plc has exchanged contracts for the sale of its Ae…

Solutia sues financiers over delays in emerging from Chapter 11
Added: 7 Feb 2008
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St Louis, Missouri -- Solutia Inc. has filed a complaint in the US Bankruptcy …

Magnum d'or adds 5-year rubber nuggets deal to contract
Added: 7 Feb 2008
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida -- Magnum D'Or Resources, Inc. has closed a 5 year, $…

Woco Michelin AVS becomes Anvis Group
Added: 7 Feb 2008
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Bad Soden-Salmünster, Germany -- Michelin-Woco AVS has changed name to Anvis …

News from elsewhere on the web 07/Feb/08
Added: 7 Feb 2008
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CBp Carbon gets $20 million capital injection
Added: 7 Feb 2008
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Bratislava, Czech Republic -- CBp Carbon Industries Inc, has received an injec…

US Commerce Department confirms view that Chinese OTR tyre imports are subsidised
Added: 7 Feb 2008
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Washington DC -- On February 6, the Department of Commerce announced its affir…

Gift a gift ... spy on the recipient
Added: 7 Feb 2008
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A Chinese company is selling a novelty in the shape of a tyre clock , which co…

UK tyre body says more tyres are likely to be dumped on fast-fit forecourts
Added: 6 Feb 2008
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Solihull, UK -- The UK tyre recovery body says tyres dumped illegally on the p…

News from elsewhere on the web 06/Feb/08
Added: 6 Feb 2008
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MRF opens Chennai tyre plant after 60-day lockout
Added: 6 Feb 2008
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Chennai, India -- On Tuesday, MRF Ltd reopened its manufacturing facility on …

Veyance acquires two US companies
Added: 6 Feb 2008
Tazewell, Virginia -- Veyance Technologies Inc. has purchased Virginia-based Monk Mining Supply and…

Goodyear forms N. Asia business unit
Added: 6 Feb 2008
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Shanghai, China -- Goodyear has formed a North Asia business unit, coveri…

Workers file racial harassment suit against BFS
Added: 6 Feb 2008
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Des Moines, Iowa -- Eight African-American employees of Bridgestone/Fire…