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Cooper Tire creates VP global supply chain
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has appointed Richard Williams to the newly created p…

Butadiene supplier back on stream after Rita
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Houston, Texas -- Texas Petrochemicals LP, a Houston-based petrochemical company specialising in C4…

ERJ website opens “Recruitment Zone†for rubber professionals
Added: 3 Nov 2005
London -- European Rubber Journal has opened a 'recruitment zone' on its website. The aim of the ar…

Imerys to impose energy surcharges on kaolin, CaCO3
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Atlanta, Georgia -- Imerys North American Performance Minerals and Ceramics has announced that sign…

Cabot standardises data recovery software
Added: 3 Nov 2005
San Francisco, California -- Cabot Corp. has standardised on Acronis
True Image Server 8.0 for Windo…

Albemarle to raise chemical prices
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- Albemarle Corp. will increase the price of several chemical types by 5 to…

Michelin named a “Best employer†for over-50s
Added: 3 Nov 2005
Greenville, South Carolina -- Tyre maker Michelin North America Inc. is one of 50 "Best Employers f…

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…