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US demand for fluoroelastomers to grow 5 percent annually
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Cleveland, Ohio -- US demand for fluoroelastomers is expected to grow to a value of $460 million by…
Rubber futures hit nine-year high
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Tokyo (Reuters) - Tokyo rubber futures extended a rally on Wednesday to their highest level in nine…
Dow claims leadership in speciality elastomer sector
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Midland, Michigan -- The Dow Chemical Company has reaffirmed its commitment to leadership in the sp…
EC clears Goldman Sachs' acquisition of Pirelli's cable business
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Brussels -- The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquis…
ACI finalises Green Machine buy, sets out plans for Bahrain project
Added: 14 Nov 2005
London -- ACI Global Corporation (previously Par Advance Technologies, Inc.) has announced it has c…
Goodyear to make runflats in Dalian, China
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Shanghai, China--The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has announced that it aims to become the first …
EC clears Conti's acquisition of Xtraprint
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Brussels-- The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisi…
Tokyo University makes rubber with reversible crosslinks
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Tokyo--Toshikazu Takata at the Tokyo Institute of Technology has developed an experimental elastome…
Jörg Sost Joins Management Board of Freudenber
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Weinheim, Germany--Jörg Sost has joined the Management Board of Freudenberg & Co. as a general par…
DuPont Performance Elastomers breaks from DDE
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Wilmington, Delaware-DuPont Dow Elastomers, the joint venture between DuPont and The Dow Chemical C…
Chemtura opens for business, announces logo
Added: 14 Nov 2005
July 1 is Day One in the life of Chemtura, which claims to be the world's largest plastics additiv…
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, …
