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Dunlop Aircraft Tyres joins IRSG
Added: 1 Sep 2006
London -- Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Ltd has joined the International Rubber Study Group's panel of asso…

News from elsewhere on the web 1/Sept/06
Added: 1 Sep 2006
(15 stories)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers …

Liberia, United Nations move to repossess Sinoe rubber plantation
Added: 1 Sep 2006
Monrovia -- The United Nations has promised to help the Liberian government repossess the Sinoe nat…

RMA: Tread rubber shipments to rise 1.7% in US
Added: 1 Sep 2006
Washington -- US tread rubber shipments should rise 1.7 percent through the rest of 2006, according…

Omya lifts calcium carbonate prices
Added: 1 Sep 2006
Atlanta, Georgia -- Omya Inc, the North American arm of Swiss firm Omya AG, will raise the price fo…

Bridgestone overtakes Michelin as largest tyre maker
Added: 31 Aug 2006
London - Bridgestone Corp. has supplanted Michelin as the world's largest tyre maker, based on its …

BASF lifts price of styrene-butadiene block copolymer in Europe
Added: 31 Aug 2006
Ludwigshafen, Germany - BASF AG will raise the price of its Styrolux styrene-butadiene block copoly…

Chemical industry researcher joins IRSG
Added: 31 Aug 2006
London -- SRI Consulting, a division of US information company Access Intelligence LLC, has joined …

European firms choose US, China for tech centres
Added: 31 Aug 2006
Brussels -Â European companies will increase spending on R&D in the coming years, but see the US, G…

Nokian launches forest machine radial tyre
Added: 31 Aug 2006
Helsinki - Nokian Tyres plc has launched a radial forestry tyre especially designed for medium-size…

News from elsewhere on the web 31/August/06
Added: 31 Aug 2006
(14 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Sumitomo Rubber earnings slip on higher sales
Added: 31 Aug 2006
Kobe, Japan - Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.s operating income fell 10.4 percent in the first half…

Michelin pumps €22.5 m into Nova Scotia steel cord plant
Added: 30 Aug 2006
Bridgewater, Canada -- Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. will spend $28.9 million (€22.5 milli…

DuPont plans €78 m expansion of Nomex fibre production
Added: 30 Aug 2006
Wilmington, Delaware - DuPont will invest more than $100 million (€78 million) in a three-part ex…

Latest report on global auto suppliers available from Research and Markets
Added: 30 Aug 2006
Dublin - Corporate analysis firm Research and Markets has released the latest issue of its monthly …

Avon Rubber sells UK plant then leases it back
Added: 30 Aug 2006
Wiltshire, UK -- Avon Rubber plc has sold its Wiltshire plant to Clerical Medical Managed Fund for …

Oilgear agrees to €24 m takeover by Mason Wells
Added: 30 Aug 2006
Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Fluid power components supplier Oilgear Co. has announced a $31.1 million (…

Yokohama's US branch hires Kovel-Fuller as new ad agency
Added: 30 Aug 2006
Fullerton, California -- Yokohama Tire Corp., the US subsidiary of Japan's Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd,…

SI Group lifts phenolic resin price
Added: 30 Aug 2006
Schenectady, New York -- SI Group Inc. will lift the price for all grades of its phenolic resin by …

Amtel-Vredestein to launch new tyres at Moscow International Motor Show
Added: 30 Aug 2006
Moscow - Amtel-Vredestein NV will launch four new tyres to the Russian market at this year's Moscow…