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Crompton increases prices-for rubber chemicals, EPDM
Added: 27 Jan 2005
Middlebury, Connecticut-Crompton Corp. is increasing prices of its rubber chemicals and its EPDM pr…

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Added: 26 Jan 2005
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DuPont reports results, hails "transformation"
Added: 26 Jan 2005
Wilmington, Delaware--DuPont Co. has released its fiscal 2004 results, claiming that the company ha…

China Energy & Carbon Black Holdings raises profile
Added: 26 Jan 2005
Hong Kong--China Energy & Carbon Black Holdings, Inc. produces natural gas and makes carbon black f…

Michelin to change accounting system to meet IFRS standards
Added: 26 Jan 2005
Paris--Michelin has outlined its plans to meet European financial reporting rules, known as IFRS. I…

Michelin tyres to equip Airbus A380 aircraft
Added: 26 Jan 2005
Paris--The new Airbus A380 aircraft, unveiled to the public Jan. 18 in France, will carry tyres pro…

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Added: 25 Jan 2005
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Ansell delays SEC filing on South Pacific
Added: 25 Jan 2005
Washington, DC--Australia's Ansell Ltd. said it will delay filing its annual report with the US Sec…

Mitsubishi, Tokai revoke carbon black alliance
Added: 25 Jan 2005
Tokyo--Mitsubishi Chjemical Corp. and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. have decided to revoke the agreement o…

Goodyear: No imminent plans to restructure
Added: 25 Jan 2005
AKRON (Jan. 24)--A Goodyear spokesman said the Akron-based tire maker has not made any decisions to…

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Added: 24 Jan 2005
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OPINION: Beat up suppliers, lose market share; they go together
Added: 24 Jan 2005
The following editorial appears in this week's edition of Automotive News
It is hard to believe Toy…

Mixing conference opens tomorrow in Paderborn
Added: 24 Jan 2005
Paderborn, Germany--Hotels around Paderborn are full, prior to the opening of the mixing technology…

Lanxess raises prices for technical rubbers
Added: 24 Jan 2005
Leverkusen, Germany-Lanxess AG has raised prices for its technical rubbers, from 1 Jan, subject to …

Avon closing one hose site, opening another in Turkey
Added: 21 Jan 2005
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Bradford-on-Avon, UK-Avon Rubber plc is planning to close a European hose pl…

Columbian evaluates Brazil site for new carbon black plant
Added: 21 Jan 2005
Marietta, Georgia. - Columbian Chemicals Co. is evaluating building a new carbon black manufacturin…

Carbon black demand to reach 10m tonnes in 2010
Added: 21 Jan 2005
Amherst, Massachussetts--Notch Consulting Group has published the Carbon Black World Data Book 2004…

Carbon Black makers set up Tsunami aid fund
Added: 21 Jan 2005
Chennai, India--Anil Kumar and others in the Asia Pacific Carbon Black Association have set up a …

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Added: 21 Jan 2005
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Cabot breaks ground on fumed silica facility in Jiangxi, China
Added: 21 Jan 2005
Beijing, China--Cabot Corp. has broken ground on its fumed silica manufacturing facility in Jiangxi…