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Lehmann & Voss buys Italian distributor
Added: 7 Jan 2005
Hamburg, Germany--Lehmann & Voss & Co has acquired Italian company Chem Import, and takes over all …
Bridgestone confirms plan to build two tyre plants
Added: 7 Jan 2005
Tokyo--Bridgestone Corp. has confirmed that it intends to build two new tyre plants at a total cost…
Zeon to raise NBR prices
Added: 7 Jan 2005
Louisville, Kentucky--Zeon Chemicals Inc. raised prices by 5 cents a pound on all nitrile rubbers …
Carlisle to exit Auto business, sell Engineered Products unit
Added: 7 Jan 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina--Carlisle Companies Inc. has issued a statement saying it intends to exit…
Bridgestone seeks real-life runflat stories
Added: 7 Jan 2005
Brussels--Bridgestone's European advertising and sales promotion
staff are seeking real-life runfla…
News from elsewhere on the web
Added: 7 Jan 2005
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…
First Chronos mixing line equipment supplied to Iran
Added: 6 Jan 2005
Nottingham, UK-The Chronos Richardson Batching Systems Group has secured its first order for a mixi…
Clemson Tyre conference scheduled for 9-11 March, 2005
Added: 6 Jan 2005
Hilton Head, South Carolina--Clemson University has set the dates and location for its annual Tire …
Union drops bid to organise at Goodyear wire factory
Added: 6 Jan 2005
Asheboro, North Carolina--The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) union has dropped a bid to unio…
Bridgestone donates ¥100 million for tsunami relief
Added: 6 Jan 2005
Bridgestone Corp has donated Â¥100 million (€722 000) to support relief efforts in nations affect…
Conti to invest in moulds, presses at Sarreguemines
Added: 6 Jan 2005
Sarreguemines, France--Continental AG is reportedly investing €20 million in moulds, machinery an…
Two tyre makers look to Poland for investments
Added: 6 Jan 2005
Warsaw--Two tyre makers are studying whether Poland is the right place for investments, according t…
Investor group bids to buy Dan River's rubber reinforcements business
Added: 6 Jan 2005
DANVILLE, Va. (Jan. 5)--Apparel and industrial textile producer Dan River Inc. has agreed to sell i…
Indonesia makes more tyres
Added: 5 Jan 2005
Jakarta--Indonesia reached a record tyre production in 2004, meeting the target of 34.45 million un…
Vietnam set to report record export earnings from rubber
Added: 5 Jan 2005
Ha Noi, Vietnam--The Vietnam Rubber Corp expects 2004 export earnings from rubber to reach $300 mil…
Sinopec to build 100 ktpa SBR plant--report
Added: 5 Jan 2005
Beijing--Local press reports indicate that Sinopec, the China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, is plannin…
Smit takes over as new IRSG Sec-Gen
Added: 5 Jan 2005
London--Dr Hidde Pieter Smit assumed the post of Secretary-General of the International Rubber Stud…
Goodyear, insurers settle environmental cover dispute
Added: 5 Jan 2005
AKRON, Ohio-A group of general liability insurers has agreed to pay Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. $159…
Freudenberg's Simrit plant in Iowa wins ISO 9001 certificate
Added: 5 Jan 2005
Spencer, Iowa--Simrit, the industrial products division of Plymouth, Michigan-based Freudenberg-NOK…
Cabot makes changes to top management
Added: 5 Jan 2005
Boston, Massachusetts--Cabot Corp has made some changes to its senior management, though the carbon…
