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Trelleborg Wheel phases out Pirelli name on farm tyres
Added: 28 Sep 2006
Tivoli, Italy -- Trelleborg Wheel Systems SpA is phasing out its use of the Pirelli brand for farm …
Cabot's carbon black cost reduction plan to cost $15 m
Added: 27 Sep 2006
Boston, Massachusetts - Cabot Corp expects to incur a $15 million (€11.8 million) charge in 2006 …
Conti expects €2000 m in sales from OE and replacement business
Added: 27 Sep 2006
Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG expects this year to achieve sales of €2000 million across its…
Lehigh to make concentrated rubber powder in pellet form
Added: 27 Sep 2006
Atlanta, Georgia -- Lehigh Technologies LLC will offering its PolyDyne powder in concentrated pelle…
Kosmos Cement to use scrap tyres for fuel
Added: 27 Sep 2006
Louisville, Kentucky -- Kosmos Cement Co., a subsidiary of Mexican cement giant CEMEX SA de CV, is …
Home Rubber buys mixer Ivanhoe Rubber
Added: 27 Sep 2006
Trenton, New Jersey -- Home Rubber Co. has purchased custom specification mixer Ivanhoe Rubber Co. …
Trelleborg buys Reeves Brothers for SEK1300 m
Added: 26 Sep 2006
Stockholm - Trelleborg Group has agreed to buy US polymer-coated fabrics maker Reeves Brothers Inc…
Female Health Co. gets Indian registration for new female condom
Added: 26 Sep 2006
Chicago, Michigan -- Female Health Co.'s FC-2 female condom has received registration by the Indian…
Chemtura lifts fatty acid prices
Added: 26 Sep 2006
Middlebury, Connecticut -- Chemtura Corp. will raise the price on all its fatty acid products by $0…
ExxonMobil launches new TPV with FDA approval
Added: 26 Sep 2006
Houston, Texas -- ExxonMobil Chemical has launched a new version of its Santoprene thermoplastic vu…
JADE debut with TSR 20 rubber contract
Added: 26 Sep 2006
Singapore -- The Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE) has started trading its TSR 20 rubber futu…
Cooper ´flex´ plant plan could require 400-500 job cuts
Added: 26 Sep 2006
Texarkana, Arkansas -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.´s plan to reconfigure its Arkansas tyre plant into…
Omnova Solutions to sell GenFlex roofing business to Firestone
Added: 26 Sep 2006
Fairlawn, Ohio -- Omnova Solutions Inc. has agreed to sell its GenFlex Building Products business t…
Lear and Transense in joint TPMS development
Added: 25 Sep 2006
Southfield, Michigan -- Lear Corp. and Transense Technologies plc have agreed to jointly develop ne…
BASF lifts price of styrene-butadiene latex for the carpet industry in N. America
Added: 25 Sep 2006
Charlotte, North Carolina -- BASF AG has raised the North American price of its Styrofan carboxylat…
REP International names new US head
Added: 25 Sep 2006
Lyon, France -- Rubber machinery maker REP International has appointed Tim Graham president of its …
Sinorgchem appeals ITC antidegradants ruling
Added: 25 Sep 2006
Washington -- Sinorgchem Co. has petitioned the US Federal Circuit appeals court for an appeal of t…
Nexen opens branch office in China
Added: 25 Sep 2006
Qingdao, China -- Nexen Tire Corp. has opened a branch office in China to spur its penetration of t…
ExxonMobil Chemical to build new elastomer plant in Baton Rouge
Added: 21 Sep 2006
Houston, Texas -- ExxonMobil Chemical will build a new facility at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana, comp…
Lanxess invests €15 m into chloroprene rubber production expansion
Added: 21 Sep 2006
Leverkusen, Germany - Chemical maker Lanxess has invested €15 million into boosting production o…
