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Yokohama to build $109 million car, LT tyre plant in Thailand
Added: 13 May 2005
TOKYO (May 12)--Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd., seeking to meet rising global tyre demand, will add passe…
De Louw leaves Continental after strategy dispute
Added: 13 May 2005
HANOVER, Germany (May 12)--Martien de Louw, Continental AG's top executive in the firm's passenger …
Showa Denko reports big increase in Q1 income
Added: 12 May 2005
Tokyo--Showa Denko KK, a Japan-based manufacturer of rubber polymers reported a 23 percent increase…
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Added: 12 May 2005
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Kosovo privatises defunct retread company
Added: 12 May 2005
Pristina, Kosovo--The Kosovo Trust Agency is selling a number of enterprises in the fifth round of …
Sika announces price increases
Added: 12 May 2005
Madison heights, Michigan--The Industry Division of Sika Corporation is raising prices to adjust to…
Yokohama Rubber reports higher sales, net profit for year to March
Added: 12 May 2005
Tokyo--Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd. has reported results for the year to March 2005. The company said re…
Goodyear replaces ceo at South Pacific Tyres
Added: 12 May 2005
Akron, Ohio--Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has announced that Joseph Copeland, senior vice preside…
ISP Elastomer sales, earnings up in first quarter
Added: 12 May 2005
Wayne, New Jersey--International Specialty Holdings Inc., buoyed by marked improvements in its ISP …
China begins anti-dumping levy on polychloroprene
Added: 11 May 2005
Beijing--The Commerce Ministry of China has imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of polychloropre…
Toyo reports sales, profits up for 12 months to March 2005
Added: 11 May 2005
Tokyo--Toyo Tire and Rubber has announced its results for the 12 months to March 2005. The company …
Pirelli to sell cables division for Euro 1350 million -- report
Added: 11 May 2005
Milan--A report in the italian financial daily, Finanza & Mercati is reporting that Pirelli & C Sp…
Bekaert reports good first quarter
Added: 11 May 2005
Kortrijk, Belgium--Steelcord producer NV Bakaert SA has reported first quarter sales of posted firs…
Ford honors 6 rubber product makers with excellence awards
Added: 11 May 2005
DEARBORN, Mich. (May 10)--Six tire and rubber product companies are among 52 suppliers singled out …
Crompton Corp. + Great Lakes Chemical Corp. = Chemtura Corp.
Added: 11 May 2005
Middlebury, Connecticut--Crompton Corp. and Great Lakes Chemical Corp. will christen their merged b…
Indian SR producer Apar joins IISRP
Added: 11 May 2005
Coronado, California--Apar Industrie Ltd., a nitrile rubber producer based in Mumbai, India, has jo…
Global carbon black market to grow 4%/year -- study
Added: 11 May 2005
Cleveland, Ohio--Global demand for carbon black is set to reach 9.6 million tonnes in 2008, reflect…
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Added: 11 May 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
Ohio announces grants worth $34 million to polymer companies
Added: 11 May 2005
Marysville, Ohio--The US State of Ohio has announced a series of grants totalling $34 million to su…
Rhodia and China National Blue Star sign MoU on silicones
Added: 10 May 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Paris-Rhodia and China National Blue Star Corp. have signed a memorandum of …
