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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…

US pressure gauge company launches website
Added: 20 Oct 2005
Lombard, Illinois -- A new website has been launched to provide US motorists with information on ty…

News from elsewhere on the web 19/10
Added: 19 Oct 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

Elementis sells Linatex division
Added: 19 Oct 2005
London -- Elementis plc has announced the sale of Linatex, its Yately, UK-based specialty rubber bu…

Chemtura rescinds anti-trust settlements in chemicals, EPDM
Added: 19 Oct 2005
Middlebury, Connecticut--Chemtura Corp. -- the new name for Crompton Corp. -- has rescinded parts o…

Eliokem modifies management
Added: 19 Oct 2005
Villejust, France -- Eliokem, the specialty chemicals company, has reorganised its commercial, fin…