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GM may build plant in eastern Europe

Added: 16 Jul 2007

By Jesse Snyder, Automotive News

Detroit, Michigan -- General Motors may build an assembly plant in …

Cogent appoints skills director for UK polymer industry

Added: 12 Jul 2007

London - Cogent SSC has appointed Tony Pringle as skills director for the polymers industry. Pring…

News from elsewhere on the web 12/July/07

Added: 12 Jul 2007

(10 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Alliance Tire goes to investors for $150 million

Added: 11 Jul 2007

Hadera. Israel - Alliance Tire Co., the Israeli tyre maker is being sold to a group of investors f…

Lanxess starts work on Rhein Chemie - 70 jobs to go

Added: 11 Jul 2007

Mannheim, Germany - Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH is to re-structure, following negotiations with empl…

Lawyers weigh in on Hangzhou Zhongce dispute

Added: 11 Jul 2007

Reheboth, Massachusetts - Safety advocates and an attorney representing the families of three men …

Militant new union leaders to open negotiations in Liberia

Added: 11 Jul 2007

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Workers in Liberia are celebrating “A new day on the Firestone Planta…

News from elsewhere on the web 11/July/07

Added: 11 Jul 2007

(8 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Report studies market for solvent-based rubber cement in China

Added: 11 Jul 2007

Dublin, Ireland - It is rare to find a report that purports to give data on the demand for solvent…

Bridgestone switches GP2 race tyre production out of Japan

Added: 11 Jul 2007

Rome - Bridgestone Corp. will base GP2 Series tyre production and quality control at its technical …

Apollo to use waste steam at Vadodara plant

Added: 11 Jul 2007

New Delhi, India - Apollo Tyres Ltd has signed a deal to buy waste steam from the GAIL power genera…

IRSG publishes five Secretariat papers

Added: 11 Jul 2007

London - The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has released five Secretariat Conference Paper…

Thailand's BoI approves NBR latex plant

Added: 10 Jul 2007

Bangkok, Thailand - Thailand's Board of Investment has approved a number of projects relevant to t…

Helvoet Pharma starts new rubber plant in Belgium

Added: 10 Jul 2007

Alken, Belgium - Helvoet Pharma - the pharmaceutical closures division of Swiss company, Dätwyler…

Rapra's 10th TPE conference set for Cologne on 23, 24 October

Added: 10 Jul 2007

Shawbury, UK - Smithers Rapra Technology is holding the tenth international conference on thermopl…

News from elsewhere on the web 10/July/07

Added: 10 Jul 2007

(16 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone: "no comment" on Indian tyre factory

Added: 10 Jul 2007

Madhya Pradesh, India - Bridgestone declined to make any comment on reports coming out of India tha…

Michelin opens tread manufacturing plant in Mexico

Added: 10 Jul 2007

Queretaro, Mexico - Michelin opened its Michelin Retread Technologies tread manufacturing plant in …

France's Elastopôle is eligible for government funds

Added: 10 Jul 2007

Paris - The Elastopôle initiative established by the French Rubber industry federation, SNCP in J…

Performance Fibers sets up European HQ in Luxembourg

Added: 10 Jul 2007

Bascharage, Luxembourg - Performance Fibers, the maker of polyester tyre cord, will establish a n…