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Albemarle to raise production of ATH flame retardants

Added: 22 Jun 2007

Baton Rouge Louisiana - Albemarle Corp. is expanding production capacity for its ne precipitated al…

China ousts US as leading producer of carbon dioxide emissions

Added: 22 Jun 2007

Amsterdam, Netherlands - China's 2006 CO2 emissions surpassed those of the USA by 8 percent, accor…

News from elsewhere on the web 22/June/07

Added: 22 Jun 2007

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

Alliance reports 23 percent sales growth in Q1

Added: 22 Jun 2007

Hadera, Israel - Alliance Tire Co. reported a 23 percent growth in sales for the first quarter of 2…

Trelleborg Auto opens NVH unit in Romania

Added: 22 Jun 2007

Stockholm, Sweden - Trelleborg's automotive unit yesterday (21 June) opened a new factory making me…

Conti names Esser to head new Asian tyre business units

Added: 22 Jun 2007

Hanover, Germany - Continental AG is setting up business units covering the company's replacement c…

ArcelorMittal bids for Chinese steelcord maker

Added: 22 Jun 2007

Luxembourg - Arcelor Mittal has bught a majority stake in the Chinese steelcord maker, Rongcheng C…

US demand for fluoroelastomers to reach $365 million in 2011

Added: 21 Jun 2007

Cleveland, Ohio - A new study of the US market for fluoropolymers highlights fluoroelastomers as a …

News from elsewhere on the web 21/June/07

Added: 21 Jun 2007

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

Jyco claims TPV corner mouldings are low-friction

Added: 21 Jun 2007

Dexter, Michigan - Jyco claims to have overcome one of the biggest difficulties with its TPV corn…

USW, Titan together claim China is dumping OTR tyres in the US

Added: 20 Jun 2007

Washington, DC -  The United Steelworkers (USW) has joined Titan Tire Corp. as a co-petitioner in …

Engel Elast changes phone numbers

Added: 20 Jun 2007

Schwertberg, Austria - Engel Elast, the rubber injection moulding machine maker has changed its tel…

Latex puppets of UK politicians on sale today

Added: 20 Jun 2007

London - Two original Spitting Image puppets of UK politicians Margaret Thatcher and Gordon Brown a…

News from elsewhere on the web 20/June/07

Added: 20 Jun 2007

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

Conti signs brake-part JV deal for India

Added: 20 Jun 2007

New Delhi, India - Continental AG's Automotive Systems Division, has signed a Joint Venture Agreem…

Nitta opens belting operation in China

Added: 20 Jun 2007

Changzhou, China - Japanese belt maker Nitta Corp. has opened a plant in the Changzhou National Hi-…

ExxonMobil introduces inner liner revolution - adds new facility

Added: 20 Jun 2007

Houston, Texas - ExxonMobil Chemical Company is to introduce a new technology for tyre inner liners…

GM exec Johansson to head Trelleborg's automotive group

Added: 19 Jun 2007

Trelleborg, Sweden - Roger Johansson has been appointed the new Business Area President of Trelleb…

Trelleborg Wheel to move rim operations from Denmark to Latvia

Added: 19 Jun 2007

Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg's Wheel Systems has said it has started negotiations with unions wi…

Sir Campbell Fraser, former Dunlop chairman dies, aged 83

Added: 19 Jun 2007

London - James Campbell Fraser, former head of the Dunlop organisation until 1983, died in London l…