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Parker Hannifin buys sealing components supplier
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Cleveland Ohio --Parker Hannifin Corp. has purchased Filtran Aftermarket Products Inc., a supplier …

Zeon Chemicals sets aside $16 million to settle NBR suits
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia --Zeon Chemicals Inc. has set aside $16 million to settle civil lawsuits a…

Omnova to hike cost of vinyl pyridine latex
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Fairlawn, Ohio --Omnova Solutions Inc. will increase the price of vinyl pyridine latex by 5 cents p…

Pirelli in joint promotion with McDonald's fast food
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Rome, Georgia - McDonald's has teamed up with PowerAde, Team X drift team and Saleen to launch the …

Michelin to buy Apollo's share of Indian truck tyre venture
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Gurgaon, India -- Groupe Michelin is buying out Apollo Tyres Ltd.'s share of their Michelin Apollo …

Lion Chemical Capital agrees to buy DSM Copolymer's SBR business
Added: 21 Oct 2005
New York--Lion Chemical Capital LLC has agreed to buy DSM Copolymer Inc.'s styrene-butadiene busine…

GE Bayer Silicones to add LSR capacity in Germany
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Leverkusen, Germany -- GE Bayer Silicones plans to invest in additional production capacity for liq…

Ford Motor makes peace with suppliers
Added: 21 Oct 2005
By Lindsay Chappell, Automotive News
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. appears ready to end its on-again, of…

MIRA reports on wet braking and tread depth
Added: 21 Oct 2005
London -- A study carried out for the British Rubber Manufacturers' Association has shown that stat…

Davis-Standard improvess “ELF†rubber feed units
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Pawcatuck, Connecticut -- Davis-Standard says it has improved the design of its Elastomer Leakage …

US Miata has 4 tyres with or without runflats
Added: 21 Oct 2005
By Harry Stoffer, Automotive News
The spare tyre's days may be numbered. The latest sign: The 2006 M…

Goodyear strives to make run-flats standard
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Automotive News
New York - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. hopes to get US automakers to adopt run-flat t…

Farrel inks 10-year agreement with Chinese equipment maker
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Ansonia, Connecticut -- Farrel Corp. has signed a 10-year manufacturing and distribution agreement …

Cabot restarts 1 of 2 carbon black plants in Louisiana
Added: 21 Oct 2005
Boston, Massachussetts -- Cabot Corp. has restarted production at one of its two carbon black plant…

Amtel-Vredestein to launch IPO on London Stock Exchange
Added: 20 Oct 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Amsterdam, the Netherlands-Amtel-Vredestein NV announced 20 Oct its intentio…

Fire stops production at Chemtura's EPDM plant in US -- Update 1
Added: 20 Oct 2005
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Geismar, Louisiana -- A fire at Chemtura's EPDM factory in Geismar, Louisia…

Trelleborg in oil platform safety deal
Added: 20 Oct 2005
Stockholm, Sweden -- Trelleborg has signed a four-year framework agreement with Canadian Natural Re…

News from elsewhere on the web 20/10
Added: 20 Oct 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

IRSG releases rubber industry reports on Japan, South Korea, Taiwan
Added: 20 Oct 2005
London -- The International Rubber Study Group has completed three new studies on the rubber indust…

ACS Rubber Division delays event to avoid clash with K2007
Added: 20 Oct 2005
Akron, Ohio -- The ACS Rubber Division has rescheduled its Autumn 2007 meeting and exhibition in Cl…