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China reports NR import prices still rising
Added: 23 Aug 2006
Guangdong, China - The volume and per-kilo price of NR imported to China through Guangdong Port in …

Nynas to take over Lyondell's naphthenic oils
Added: 23 Aug 2006
Houston, Texas -Â Nynas USA is to buy for resale the complete output of naphthenic lubricant oils m…

Two Japanese commodities exchanges merge
Added: 23 Aug 2006
Osaka - The Central Japan Commodity Exchange (C-Com) and the Osaka Mercantile Exchange (OME) are to…

China reduces import tariff on Russian SBR
Added: 23 Aug 2006
Beijing - China's Ministry of Commerce (MofCom) on Tuesday announced a mid-term anti-dumping examin…

Bekaert appoints former Procter & Gamble director as new CFO
Added: 23 Aug 2006
Brussels - Steel cord manufacturer Bekaert has brought in former Procter & Gamble director Bruno Hu…

News from elsewhere on the web 23/August/06
Added: 23 Aug 2006
(11 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Amtel-Vredestein wins Russian business award
Added: 23 Aug 2006
Moscow - Amtel-Vredestein NV's tyres have won Russia's annual Superbrand award for product quality,…

Titan lays off 50 at Illinois farm tyre plant
Added: 23 Aug 2006
Freeport, Illinois -- Titan International Inc. has laid off 50 workers at its Freeport agricultural…

Goodyear rolls out fuel-efficient tyres based on new technology
Added: 23 Aug 2006
San Angelo, Texas -- Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has launched three fuel-efficient line-haul tyres…

Teknor Apex to shut down rubber division
Added: 23 Aug 2006
Pawtucket, Rhode Island -- Teknor Apex Co. will phase out its rubber division over the next several…

Huber to hike prices for kaolin clay line
Added: 23 Aug 2006
Atlanta, Georgia -- J.M. Huber Corp.'s Huber Engineered Materials unit will raise prices for its No…

MEMA: Chinese auto aftermarket to triple over next decade
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Research Triangle, North Carolina -- China's automotive aftermarket will triple in value to about $…

Bandag 2Q sales up 9 pc, earnings down 17 pc
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Muscatine, Iowa - Bandag, Inc. reported a nine percent rise in second quarter net sales to $247.3 m…

Chinese OTR tyre maker agrees licence deal with Amerityre
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Pingdu, China - China's Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co. Ltd has entered into a licence agreement with Ame…

Malaysia's production of NR fell in June
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's production of natural rubber in June 2006 was 96 114 tonnes, an increase …

ExxonMobil Chemical releases manual for its Santoprene TPVs
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Akron, Ohio - ExxonMobil Chemical has produced a technical manual for uses of its Santoprene thermo…

Report analyses global auto parts industry
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Dublin - Corporate analysis firm Research and Markets has published a new report on the global stat…

Handbags made from recycled inner tubes
Added: 22 Aug 2006
Richmond, Virginia - A US company is buying up old inner tubes and turning them into womens' handba…

News from elsewhere on the web 22/August/06
Added: 22 Aug 2006
(14 items)London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Cabot opens Chinese carbon black plant
Added: 21 Aug 2006
Tianjin, China - Cabot Corp. has announced the start-up of its carbon black manufacturing plant in …