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Nokian Tyres sees lower third quarter profits
Added: 21 Oct 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Nokia, Finland-Nokian Tyres plc has warned that its third quarter profits wi…
OU Bamatek retains Iporussia for finance to turn scrap tyres into petrochemicals
Added: 21 Oct 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Jericho, New York-Technology to process scrap tyres in Russia and eastern Eu…
Goodyear's Ohio conveyor belt plant expands production with new press
Added: 21 Oct 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Phoenix Arizona-Goodyear Engineered Products has added a new curing press to…
Fire at UK tyre recycling operation causes 'massive smoke' but little damage
Added: 21 Oct 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Newark, UK-Some 13 fire appliances and 65 firefighters tackled a blaze which…
Yulex obtains $8 million in funding for guayule development
Added: 21 Oct 2005
From Rubber & Plastics News
Carlsbad, California-Yulex Corp. has closed an $8-million (Euro 6.65-mil…
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…
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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…
