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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
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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 -Â 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 -Â 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 -Â 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…