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Ansell appoints director, warns on South Pacific Tyres write down
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Richmond, Australia-Ronald Bell has been appointed to the board of healthcar…
First silicone rubber for hair-now chocolate and elastomers for skin care
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Midland, Michigan-Dow Corning Corp. has followed its development of silicone…
ContiTech negotiating sale of profiles unit to SaarGummi's buyer
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Hannover, Germany-ContiTech AG is in talks with private equity group Orlando…
Best licenses glove patent to Microflex
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Menlo, Georgia-Best Manufacturing Co. a leading industrial and medical glove…
Scapa says performance is improving as the year progresses
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Blackburn, UK-Scapa Group plc is optimistic that its current performance is…
ICL Industrial Products raises prices for DSP's magnesia
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Beer Sheeva, Israel-Dead Sea Periclase (DSP)-now the ICL Industrial Products…
NOK-Freudenberg ramping up in China
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Nina Ying Sun, ERJ Akron Bureau
Shanghai, China-NOK-Freudenberg Group China, a partnership betwee…
Programme set for US seminar on health risks of butadiene/chloroprene
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Houston, Texas- An international symposium on, Evaluation of Butadiene and Chloroprene Health Risk…
SSL
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
London-Ian Martin, chairman of condom manufacturer and footcare specialist S…
Tenneco Automotive makes management changes
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Lake Forest, Illinois-Tenneco Automotive has made Timothy Donovan the firm's…
Silicone rubber, epoxy used to preserve bodies by plastination
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Jason Lea, ERJ Akron Bureau
Akron, Ohio-Gunther von Hagens, 60, inventor of the plastination proc…
Bandag's sales, earnings climb-but European business is down
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Muscatine, Iowa-Spurred by strong transportation business results, Bandag Inc. recorded improvement…
European elastomer test group appoints UK representative
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Deventer, the Netherlands-Elastomer Research Testing BV will in future be re…
TPMS market to be worth over $1600 million in 2009
Added: 14 Nov 2005
From Rubber & Plastics News
Boston, Massachusetts-Thanks to the US government mandate, demand for ty…
West Pharmaceutical posts earnings, sales gains in second quarter
Added: 14 Nov 2005
From Rubber & Plastics News
Lionville, Pennsylvania-Medical components manufacturer West Pharmaceuti…
Avon issues profits warning, restructures management
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Bradford on Avon, UK-Lower automotive production in North America plus high …
New history of rubber available
Added: 14 Nov 2005
A new book called Tears of the Tree: The Story of Rubber†has been published, written by John Lo…
Pirelli opens Romanian steelcord factory
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Pirelli steelcord has officially opened its joint-venture factory in Romania. The factory is run by…
Comerio Ercole to make Kobe-type mixers under licence
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Busto Arsizio, Italy-Machinery maker Comerio Ercole SpA has signed a joint …
Cooper to pay another dividend
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Findlay, Ohio- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is to pay a quarterly dividend of 10…
