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TPE business becoming global; growing in Asia, says report
Added: 3 Nov 2005
London -- European suppliers of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) are growing steadily in many of the…
SmarTire wins ISO/TS 16949:2002 accreditation
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Richmond, Canada -- SmarTire Systems Inc. has announced that it has achieved registration to ISO/T…
ASV to supply Vermeer with rubber tracks as original equipment
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Grand Rapids, Minnesota -- ASV Inc has signed an agreement with Vermeer Manufacturing Company which…
2 - 8 Oct is National Latex Allergy Awareness week in the US
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Slinger, Wisconsin -- The American Latex Allergy Association (ALERT) has named next week as nationa…
AIAG explores use of RFID in seminar, 3 Nov
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Detroit, Michigan -- the US-based Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) has announced plans for a…
Gates Corp spends $3 million on network services
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Denver, Colorado -- Gates Corp. has awarded AT&T a $3 million contract for networking services in t…
Conti adds detail to Malaysian expansion
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Kuala Lumpur -- Continental-Sime Tyre Sdn Bhd has confirmed its plans to expand two factories in Ma…
Bridgestone partially confirms plan to expand in India
Added: 3 Nov 2005
New Delhi, India -- last week, Sify finance carried a report suggesting that Bridgestone Corp is pl…
Firestone Polymers, PPG declare force majeure
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Akron, Ohio -- Synthetic rubber producer Firestone Polymers LLC and silica maker PPG Industries Inc…
CLEPA tells EU auto industry to smarten up
Added: 3 Nov 2005
By Bradford Wernle, Automotive News Europe
The European auto industry must get smarter if it's going…
Michelin helps reinvent the table-tennis bat
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Paris -- Michelin rubber engineers have been working with Cornilleau SA, France's premier supplier …
Continental-Sime adds tyre capacity in Malaysia
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Kuala Lumpur -- Continental-Sime Tyre Sdn Bhd is reportedly expanding capacity at its two tyre fact…
Goodyear plans to close plants, restructure
Added: 3 Nov 2005
New York--Goodyear unveiled on Friday a plan that includes the closure of plants and addresses in o…
Chemtura raises prices on flame retardants, bromine
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Middlebbury, Connecticut -- Chemtura Corp. is raising prices globally by 70 cents per kilogram on i…
Firestone EPDM roofing plant receives health and safety award
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Kingstree, South Carolina -- Firestone Building Products Co.'s Kingstree manufacturing plant -- whi…
Nokian signs construction deal for new mixing room at Russian plant
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Vsevolozhsk, Russia -- Nokian Tyres plc has signed a contract with YIT Construction Ltd. concerning…
Bekaert to reduce output of Lanklaar plant, as demand moves east
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Kortrijk, Belgium -- Bekaert SA, the Belgian wire producer, has begun negotiations with employees t…
Global rubber/latex summit planned in Thailand
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Akron. Ohio--Rubber Pro Co. Ltd. is organising a rubber/latex global summit in Bangkok, Thailand, D…
Ex-Bayer exec Petersen to serve four months in price-fixing case
Added: 3 Nov 2005
San Francisco--Former Bayer Corp. executive Martin Petersen has been sentenced to four months in pr…
NHTSA issues changes to TPMS rule
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Washington, DC -- Interested parties have until Oct. 24 to petition for reconsideration of the Nati…
