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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 -- has rescinded parts o…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…

Belshina seeks investors for all-steel OTR tyre plant

Added: 19 Oct 2005

Bobruisk, Belarus -- Belshina has launched a Euro 50 million proposal to develop an existing bias-p…

Amerityre posts loss of $10 million on revenues of $1.7 million

Added: 19 Oct 2005

Boulder City, Nevada -- Polyurethane tyre developer Amerityre Corp. posted a net loss of $10 millio…

Cooper lowers earnings expectation

Added: 19 Oct 2005

Findlay, Ohio --Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has withdrawn its prediction about its third-quarter profi…

Dana to market SmarTire systems for trucks

Added: 19 Oct 2005

Richmond, Canada -- SmarTire Systems Inc. has signed a contract with Dana's Commercial Vehicle Syst…

Chemtura announces quarterly dividend

Added: 19 Oct 2005

Middlebury, Connecticut -- The Board of Directors of Chemtura Corp. has declared a regular quarterl…

Worker dies in accident at Freudenberg UK seals factory

Added: 19 Oct 2005

North Shields, UK -- A worker has died in an industrial accident at Freudenberg Technical Products …

Bridgestone seeks global No 1 position with huge CapEx programme

Added: 19 Oct 2005

Tokyo -- Bridgestone has written a new management plan for the period 2006 - 2008. The plan calls f…

Fenner appoints ex Vita boss David Campbell to board

Added: 19 Oct 2005

By Liz White, ERJ staff

Hull, UK-Belting and seals group Fenner plc has added David Campbell to its …

Akzo Nobel expands capacity for polysulphide for sealants in China

Added: 19 Oct 2005

By Liz White, ERJ staff

Arnhem, the Netherlands-Akzo Nobel is expanding its polysulphide and paper c…

Small increase in EU car registrations in September

Added: 19 Oct 2005

Total European passenger car registrations in September 2005 amounted to 1,439,004 units, an increa…

News from elsewhere on the web 18/10

Added: 18 Oct 2005

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

News from elsewhere on the web 17/10

Added: 17 Oct 2005

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

Pirelli officially opens Chinese truck tyre factory

Added: 12 Oct 2005

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

Shandong Province, China-- Pirelli has officially inaugurated its truck tyr…

News from elsewhere on the web 12/10

Added: 12 Oct 2005

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

Polimeri Europa closes French polychloroprene factory

Added: 11 Oct 2005

Champagnier, France -- Polimeri Europa. owners of the polychloroprene factory in Champagnier, Franc…