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Ex Vita executive to head Scapa Tapes
Added: 21 Oct 2005
By Liz White, UT staff
Blackburn, UK-Scapa Group plc has appointed Calvin O'Connor as group chief ex…
Royal Adhesives and Sealants launches new websites
Added: 21 Oct 2005
By Liz White, UT staff
South Bend, Indiana-Royal Adhesives and Sealants llc, which makes industrial …
NEWS ANALYSIS: Delphi fate: Chapter 11 or settlement?
Added: 21 Oct 2005
By David Barkholz, Automotive New
Delphi CEO Steve Miller says he wants assurances of a bailout by O…
NR prices hit new highs
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Washington, DC -- Natural rubber prices have hit their highest levels since the AIDS epidemic of th…
Hoover to lead USW's rubber workers
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Pittsburgh, Pennysylvania -- Ron Hoover will lead the US rubber industry´s organised workers for t…
S&P lowers Cooper Tire´s credit rating to ´junk´ status
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has been downgraded to "junk" credit rating status by Sta…
News from elsewhere on the web 10/10
Added: 21 Oct 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Carlisle Companies acquires off-highway brake business
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Carlisle Companies Inc. has announced the acquisition of the off-highw…
Pirelli raises tyre prices around world
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Milan,Italy -- Pirelli is increasing tyre prices by 4.5 percent in Europe and North America for car…
Goodyear opens offshore oil hose plant near Sao Paolo
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Sao Paolo, Brazil -- Goodyear Engineered Products opened its new offshore oil hose plant here today…
Kraiburg adding new admin building to TPE unit
Added: 21 Oct 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Waldkraiburg, Germany-Kraiburg TPE GmbH has broken ground for construction o…
Acquisitive ITW buys instrument maker Instron
Added: 21 Oct 2005
By Bill Bregar, Plastics News
Norwood, Massachusetts-Testing instrument maker Instron Corp. has a ne…
Kraton feels effects of isoprene shortage
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Houston, Texas -- Kraton Polymers LLC says customers of isoprene-based products may be affected by …
Hutchinson to close auto profiles plant in UK
Added: 21 Oct 2005
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Telford, UK -- Hutchinson SA has announced the closure of its automotive pr…
OCC doubles capacity for insoluble sulphur
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Dharuhera, India -- Oriental Carbon & Chemicals has added a new line for insoluble sulphur at its f…
ISP raises prices on SBR grades
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Wayne, New Jersey -- International Specialty Products Inc. raised prices on its styrene-butadiene r…
Manufacturer of prosthetic testes wins Ig Nobel award
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Cambridge, Massachusetts -- The annual Ig Nobel awards celebrate the opposite of scientific genius…
Jatma publishes data on Japanese tyre business
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Tokyo -- production of automobile tyres in 2004 increased 3.7% from the previous year to 1.27 milli…
Natural rubber prices soar to highest level since 1988
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Singapore -- Prices of technically-specified rubber rose to a new 17-year high in Singapore yesterd…
Goodyear to replace crashed blimp
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear will launch a new airship next spring, replacing the Stars & Stripes, which…
