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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, …

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…