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Rhein Chemie reminds users about lead elimination in automotive parts
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Mannheim, Germany- Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH is warning rubber processors-es…

ContiTech opens Euro 5 million conveyor belt line in China
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Changhzi, China-Shanxi-Phoenix Conveyor Belt Systems Co. Ltd, now part of Co…

Dow Corning adds LSR capacity in Wiesbaden, Germany
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Wiesbaden, Germany--Dow Corning Corp. has announced that it will increase manufacturing capacity of…

Trelleborg releases interim results
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Stockholm, Sweden -- Trelleborg AB increased its net sales to SEK 6,348 M (6,108) in the second qua…

Goodyear sets conversion period for notes
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Akron, Ohio --Goodyear's 4-percent convertible senior notes, issued in June 2004 and due June 15, 2…

Conti, USW conclude reopener talks
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Pittsburgh --Midterm reopener negotiations between the United Steelworkers and Continental Tire Nor…

Goodyear´s stock at highest point since mid-2002
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Akron, Ohio--Goodyear's stock price closed July 20 at $16.66--a new 52-week high as well as the hig…

Rhein Chemie doubles capacity for polymer-bound chemicals in Qingdao
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Mannheim, Germany-Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, based in Mannheim, is investing…

Lanxess spending Euro 5 million on rubber centre in Shanghai
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Shanghai, Peoples' Republic of China-Lanxess AG is investing Euro 5 million in a new technology cen…

Omnova sets up in Shanghai
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Fairlawn, Ohio -- Omnova Solutions announced that its Performance Chemicals business has establishe…

Arp promoted to V-P Ford Motor Co.
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Dearborn, Michigan--Ford Motor Co. announced that Fredrik Arp is elected a vice president of the Co…

Chemtura suspending EPDM production for 6 weeks
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Middlebury, Connecticut--Chemtura Corp. (formerly Crompton Corp.) is closing most of its EPDM produ…

Rubber, thermoplastic roofing materials help boost Carlisle results
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina--Carlisle Cos. Inc. reported income from continuing operations of $44.3 m…

Carlisle Companies confirms Zhejiang Kete braking business buy
Added: 14 Nov 2005
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Charlotte, North Carolina--Carlisle Companies Inc. has announced that it had signed a defini…

Michelin selects Hyperion as business performance management standard
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Santa Clara, California--Hyperiona vendor of business performance management software, has announce…

Michelin confirms plan for truck tyres at Tours
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Paris--A spokesman for Michelin has confirmed that the company is in the process of expanding produ…

Royal closes on Hardman acquisition
Added: 14 Nov 2005
South Bend, Indiana --Royal Adhesives and Sealants LLC has completed its acquisition of Elementis P…

Hexagon buys US wheel maker Trostel SEG
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Stockholm-Swedish group Hexagon has bought the wheel-making division of Tros…

Amtel gains $70 million equity backing
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Tyre maker Amtel Holland Holdings NV added private equity capital totaling $…

EU car registrations climb in June
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Brussels--Car registrations in Europe grew stongly in June, compared to the same month a year ago. …