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ExxonMobil adds Vistamaxx grades for spunbond processing
Added: 21 Jun 2005
Guangzhou, China--ExxonMobil Chemical announced at Chinaplas 2005 the addition of two new grades to…
Goodyear to offer senior secured notes
Added: 21 Jun 2005
Akron. Ohio--Goodyear plans to make an offering of about $400 million in senior secured notes to re…
Kumho Tire breaks ground on second tire plant in China
Added: 21 Jun 2005
Seoul, South Korea--Kumho Tire Co. Inc. has broken ground on a second tyre plant in China, to be bu…
USW local at BFS Tennessee plant rejects contract offer
Added: 21 Jun 2005
Pittsburgh--Workers at Bridgestone/Firestone's unionised US tyre and rubber plants are scheduled to…
Failed car forecasts hit suppliers
Added: 20 Jun 2005
Birmingham, Alabama -- Suppliers cannot count on price relief when carmakers fail to build as many …
News from elsewhere on the web
Added: 20 Jun 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Michelin tyre problems turn US Grand Prix into a farce
Added: 20 Jun 2005
By Bruce Davis, European Rubber Journal staff
Indianapolis -- Uncertainty over the safety of their t…
Goodyear blimp crashes in Florida
Added: 20 Jun 2005
Coral Springs, Florida--The Goodyear blimp Stars & Stripes crashed June 16 into a storage facility …
Rubber Friction Part A - Stick -- seminar in London on 8 July
Added: 20 Jun 2005
London--The UK Rubber in Engineering Group has organised a meeting titled, Rubber Friction Part A -…
EC warns polybutadiene rubber producers over cartel concerns
Added: 17 Jun 2005
Brussels--The EC has sent a "statement of objections" to some producers of polybutadiene rubber, al…
Hankook sales up in 1st quarter on increased exports
Added: 17 Jun 2005
Seoul, South Korea --Despite a 6.3-percent increase in sales in the first quarter, Hankook Tire Co.…
Crompton / Great Lakes merger cleared by European authorities
Added: 17 Jun 2005
Middlebury, Connecticut-Crompton Corp. announced 15 June that its proposed merger with Great Lakes …
Peugeot 1007 uses window seals made of styrenic TPE
Added: 16 Jun 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
In what is claimed to be a first for a French car maker, a styrenic TPE is b…
Albemarle expanding production of mineral flame retardants
Added: 16 Jun 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Baton Rouge, Lousiana-Albemarle Corp. is expanding production of its mineral…
Crompton raising rubber chemicals prices
Added: 16 Jun 2005
Middlebury, Connecticut-Crompton Corp. says that it is increasing prices on all deliveries on or af…
EU car registrations continue decline in May
Added: 16 Jun 2005
Brussels--Total Europe (EU-23 + EFTA) passenger car registrations in May 2005 amounted to 1,290,933…
PressurePro takes TPMS systems to China
Added: 16 Jun 2005
Harrisonville, Missouri -- PressurePro TPMS Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems, a supplier of TPMS pr…
News from elsewhere on the web
Added: 16 Jun 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Pirelli signs JV deal with RoadOne in China
Added: 16 Jun 2005
Milan, Italy - Pirelli and Roadone Tyre Co. Ltd. signed a joint-venture contract aimed at starting …
RMA issues updated GRG Rubber Handbook
Added: 16 Jun 2005
Washington DC--The Rubber Manufacturers Association's General Products Group has issued the Sixth E…
