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Mosley says Michelin should be ashamed, as FIA publishes transcript of press conference
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Paris--The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) has published a transcript of the press …
Cabot adds yet more carbon black at Tianjin
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Tianjin, China -- Cabot Corp. has said it will build a new specialty
carbon black unit at its plant …
Yokohama opens Chinese sealant, hose assembly plants
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Tokyo --Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. opened two Chinese plants in June to better meet automotive and co…
Sartomer buys Kaucuk's liquid polybutadienes business
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Exton, Pennsylvania-Specialty chemicals manufacturer Sartomer Co. has bought…
GM purchasing chief sees suppliers turn unruly
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Automotive News / August 29, 2005
Detroit, Michigan -- General Motors purchasing czar Bo Andersson i…
Nissan mulls buying parts in low-cost regions
Added: 14 Nov 2005
By Yuzo Yamaguchi, Automotive News
TOKYO -- To chop purchasing costs, Nissan's assembly plants in No…
DSM's Louisiana SBR plant survives hurricane
Added: 14 Nov 2005
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana--DSM Copolymer Inc's styrene-butadiene plant in Baton Rouge and…
Former Gates Rubber CEO Charles Gates Jr. dies at 84
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Denver, Colorado--Charles Gates Jr., former chairman and CEO of Gates Corp. and Gates Rubber Co., d…
Jilin sales of rubber up 20 percent in 1st half
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Jilin City, China -- In announcing substantially increased sales for the firs six monthjs of 2005, …
Chemtura boosting rubber chemical prices
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Middlebury, Connecticut--Chemtura Corp. will increase the price of its Lowinox CPL rubber chemicals…
Degussa Engineered Carbons to increase surcharge
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Parsippany, New Jersey--Degussa Engineered Carbons L.P. said it will boost its energy surcharge for…
APA, TPE Solutions to co-develop new elatomer materials
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Wilmington, Delaware--Ferro Corp.'s Advanced Polymer Alloys division and TPE Solutions of Shirley, …
NHTSA proposes higher CAFE standards
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Washington DC--Auto makers and other interested parties have until Nov. 23 to comment on a proposal…
Conti enhances proposal for laid-off Mayfield workers
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina)--Continental Tire North America Inc. has enhanced a severance package fo…
Semperit builds three plants in Asia, announces record H1 figures
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Vienna, Austria -- With the announcement of record sales and earning for the first half of 2005, Se…
Trelleborg names Bo Jacobsson as first executive vice presidentÂ
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg's management board has unanimously appointed chief financial offi…
Titan Chemical signs Butadiene contract with Korea Kumho Petrochemical
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia's largest producer of petrochemicals has signed a 5-year contract to suppl…
Toyota poised to boost production in France
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Reuters / August 25, 2005
Paris -- Toyota Motor Corp. is set to boost output at its north French pla…
Goodyear dropping Kelly-Springfield name from plants
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Tyler, Texas --The Kelly-Springfield name is disappearing from the last two plants to carry it, in …
Lanxess to close Rhein-Chemie New Jersey plant
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Leverkusen, Germany --Lanxess AG plans to close the Trenton, New Jersey, factory of its Rhein-Chemi…
