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News from elsewhere on the web 23/May/07
Added: 23 May 2007
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Kumho breaks ground on TBR plant in China
Added: 23 May 2007
Rancho Cucamonga, California - Kumho Tire Co. Inc. broke ground May 16 on its fourth tyre plant in …

Chemtura to keep Flexzone, rubber chemical assets in sale to Lion Copolymer
Added: 22 May 2007
Middlebury, Connecticut -Â Chemtura Corp. has withdrawn its Flexzone antiozonant and Danyang, Chin…

Chinese-made fluoroelastomers available in Europe
Added: 22 May 2007
Chenguang, China -Â Chenguang Research Institute of Chemical Industry (CRICI) in Sichuan province i…

Freudenberg profiled in short report
Added: 22 May 2007
Dublin, Ireland -Â A 30-page report profiling Freudenberg is now available from Research and Merket…

ExxonMobil offers two new Santoprene grades
Added: 22 May 2007
Houston, Texas - ExxonMobil Chemical has introduced two new grades of its TPV known as Santoprene. …

News from elsewhere on the web 22/May/07
Added: 22 May 2007
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Condoms boost SSL sales, profits in year to March
Added: 22 May 2007
London -Â Sales and profits both jumped at the UK-based healthcare company, SSL International PLC, …

US tyre industry pioneer Les Schwab dies
Added: 21 May 2007
Prineville, Oregon - Les Schwab, who founded and built one of America's largest, best-known indepen…

Michelin tops J D Power's Japanese survey -Â again
Added: 21 May 2007
Tokyo -Â For the fourth consecutive year, Michelin ranks highest in satisfying vehicle owners in Ja…

Toyo to boost capacity at Georgia plant 65 percent by 2009
Added: 21 May 2007
OSsaka, Japan - Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. will go ahead with a planned expansion of capacity at i…

News from elsewhere on the web 21/May/07
Added: 21 May 2007
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Metflex seeks US market
Added: 18 May 2007
By Simona Stankovska, ERJ staff.
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Great Harwood, UK - Metflex Precision Rubber Mouldings Ltd, who h…

Conti Automotive builds tech. centre in Bangalore
Added: 18 May 2007
New Delhi -Â Continental AG's Automotive Systems Division is setting up a technical centre in Banga…

Reading pressure on warm tyres 'puts lives at risk' -Â IAM
Added: 18 May 2007
London - The UK's IAM Motoring Trust -the former Institute of Advanced Motorists - says nearly two-…

Sartomer plans Japanese tech centre
Added: 18 May 2007
Exton, Pennsylvania -Â Global speciality chemicals manufacturer Sartomer Company
intends to open a n…

Tenneco opens R&D centre in China
Added: 18 May 2007
Shanghai, China - Tenneco Inc. opened its first R&D centre in China as part of a joint venture with…

Cooper picks interim VP of Asian operations
Added: 18 May 2007
Findlay, Ohio -Â Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has named Ron Shield interim vice president and general m…

News from elsewhere on the web 18/May/07
Added: 18 May 2007
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Titan board approves production of 63-inch mining tyres
Added: 18 May 2007
Quincy Illinois - Titan International Inc.'s board of directors approved funding for the company to…