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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…

Icon Polymer to restructure operations
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Retford, UK -- Following the acquisition of former BTR unit, Silvertown Group, Icon Polymer has ann…

Conti N American unit praises outgoing NHTSA chief
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Washington -- Continental Automotive Systems NA
has praised outgoing National Highway Traffic Safety…

Lanxess reports healthy growth in Q2, but will restructure NBR operations
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG reported sales 11 percent ahead of the equivalent quarter in 2004…

US tyre demand to grow 2.2 percent this year
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Washington, DC --Overall tyre shipments in the US will rise 2.2 percent in 2005, based on steady ec…

Conti claims market leadership in European OE tyre sales
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG, Hanover, has strengthened its position as one of Europe's lead…

Amtel to make 1 million Vredestein-brand tyres in Kirov in 2006
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Moscow -- Amtel Holdings has announced plans for the integration of the Enschede-Netherlands-based …

Cooper recalls tyres due to potential pressure loss
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Washington, DC--Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is voluntarily recalling 48,949 tyres made between Nov. 21…

EU to lift anti-dumping duties on SBS thermoplastic materials
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Brussels -- The European Council is to terminate the anti-dumping proceedings concerning imports o…

ASV returns to Fortune Magazine's List of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies
Added: 14 Nov 2005
Grand Rapids, Minnesota --ASV, Inc. has announced that it has been ranked seventh on Fortune Magazi…