European Rubber Journal articles from January 2000

European Rubber Journal archives from January 2000

Tenneco links with Draftex SA.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Initial cooperation between Tenneco and Draftex in developing anti-vibration components may lead to bigger things. Tenneco Automotive and Draftex SA France are to jointly develop and market elastomer components for European-based automotive...

Dexter opens European base in UK.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... European HQ in Manchester for specialists in mould release system. Dexter Corp., a supplier of release agents, coatings and adhesive systems, officially opened its European headquarters and manufacturing site in Manchester, 8 Dec. ...

International News: ERJ newsbriefs.(includes multiple rubber industry articles)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Cooper to buy Invensys hose division [] Findlay, Ohio--Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is to acquire the automotive fluid handling division of Invensys plc, for $244.5 million, Cooper announced 23 Nov. Operating as Siebe Automotive, Invensys'...

PSA buy reinforces C F Gomma's Antivib unit.(Peugeot-Citroen SA antivibration products plant in Rennes bought by C.F. Gomma)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... More restructuring in the antivibration business as Italian company buys slice of Peugeot business. Italian antivibration systems producer C F Gomma SpA has reached agreement with French car maker Peugeot-Citroen SA to buy PSA's rubber...

Krupp machinery for sale after Thyssen merger.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... ThyssenKrupp, the merged steel giant, is putting its non-core activities up for sale: and that includes Elastomertechnik, Europe's biggest rubber machinery supplier Krupp Elastomertechnik GmbH, the world's second biggest rubber machinery...

ERJ PEOPLE.(numerous articles on executive appointments in the rubber industry)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Goodyear names head of Beaumont [] Beaumont, Texas--Goodyear Chemical has appointed Lou Perfetti as manager of its solution-phase polymerisation plant at Beaumont, the company announced recently. Perfetti (51), who was previously...

Reichhold pays $95m to go it alone in latex.(joint venture with Yule Catto P.L.C. ended)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Yule Catto takes control of X-SBR latex maker, Synthomer, following disagreements over Asia-Pacific strategy Differences over investment plans in Asia triggered the break-up of the long-standing Synthomer synthetic latex joint-venture...

New EniChem SEBS plant in Italy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... EniChem is to invest $50 million in the construction of a new 30 000 kilotonnes per annum SEBS unit at Ravenna, Italy, the company announced 24 Nov. Employing a proprietary metallocene-based hydrogenation technology, the plant is expected to...

Buyer for Kraton expected in 2000.(Shell Chemical Co. plans to sell Kraton Polymers)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Shell Chemicals is to expand its Kraton G styrenic block copolymer capacity, the company said in a statement which also signalled the imminent announcement of a new owner for Kraton Polymers. Over the next two years, Kraton Polymers' plants...

Rubber firms applaud China entrance in WTO.(World Trade Organization)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Rubber industry cheers as President Clinton agrees to allow into the World Trade Organisation. Rubber industry spokesmen scrambled 16 Nov to digest the details of the breakthrough agreement reached the day before between China and the US...

Michelin opens aircraft factory in Thailand.
January 1, 2000... Michelin extends cooperation with Siam Tyre into aircraft tyres, to create an Asian node for its aircraft business. Michelin Group has decided to challenge Goodyear's regional monopoly head-on by selecting Thailand as its first Asian base...

Goodyear closes Argentina plant.
January 1, 2000... Goodyear has ceased tyre production at its 69- year-old plant in suburban Buenos Aires, putting 350 employees out of work. The company will continue to serve Argentine customers with tyres produced at its factories in Brazil and Colombia, a...

Tyre industry news: ERJ newsbrief.
January 1, 2000... [] Latina, Italy--Goodyear has also stated that it plans to discontinue tyre production in Italy, with the closure of its Cisterna di Latina passenger tyre plant in Southern Italy, which employs 500 people. Negotiations with workforce...

Pirelli rolls out tyre manufacturing process.
January 1, 2000... Pirelli SpA has developed a highly flexible tyre manufacturing system it claims can reduce the cost of tyre building by 25 percent and cut the area needed for tyre production to about 20 percent of that currently needed. Pirelli initially...

Thailand and Malaysia to revive ANRPC.
January 1, 2000... Thailand's Deputy Agriculture and Co-operatives Minister Arkom Engchuan announced on his return from a three-day visit to Kuala Lumpur that Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to revive the role of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing...

Vibracoustic to operate on three continents.
January 1, 2000... Phoenix and Freudenberg are cooperating in antivibration systems, and the result of the cooperation is a new type of company set up specifically to offer excellent service to the car companies--it is called `Vibracoustic'. Vibracoustic...

Phoenix ready for 21st century.
January 1, 2000... Although not all Phoenix's business are in the automotive sector, the company's Vibracoustic venture will form the model for Phoenix's future business activities, says Konrad Ellegast, chief executive of the Hamburg-based company. Phoenix...

Trelleborg set to expand by acquisitions.
January 1, 2000... Trelleborg AB's disposal of its non-core activities is set to create a war chest of almost $2000 million. The company expects to use that to expand its industrial activities--almost all with a strong rubber bias. In particular, Trelleborg...

Car industry gears up for e-business.
January 1, 2000... If you supply the automotive industry, whether as Tier-1, Tier-2 or below, then you will be heavily involved in e-commerce projects during 2000, and if you're not, then think twice about supplying GM, Ford, Volkswagen, or their suppliers. ...

Demand-pull will change car industry suppliers.
January 1, 2000... As the car companies start using new communications possibilities, the pressure will be on the supply chain to link their computer systems and to use that connectivity to deliver much higher levels of service, and especially to tighten delivery...

AutoXchange will affect whole auto supply chain.
January 1, 2000... AutoXchange, a joint venture between Ford and the software giant Oracle Corp. will change the way car companies and their suppliers do business, both in the coming year, and over a longer timescale. Ford's AutoXchange project, destined to...

Definitions.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... ANX/ENX/GNX Automotive Network exchange started life in the United States and a European network (ENX) has grown up in Germany, UK, Spain and France. Early this year (2000), the ANX and ENX networks will be joined, with further mergers in...

Tough service conditions need tough elastomers.
January 1, 2000... Higher under bonnet temperatures, better low temperature properties, contact with oxygenated fuels, use with motor oils with amine additives, and increasingly tight emission limits for hydrocarbons are all affecting high-performance automotive...

Fluoroelastomer technology gets more flexible.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Pre-compounding of fluoroelastomers is becoming more sophisticated, helping users cut waste by better processability. And a breakthrough in fluoroelastomer polymerisation has produced easy to process perfluoroelastomers. Pre-compounding of...

DuPont targets Europe with Vamac.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... DuPont plans to improve the quality of the Vamac terpolymers it ships to Europe. Vamac is an ethylene elastomer, used primarily in the automotive sector, with particular applications in turbo hoses for diesel engines. Raw Vamac is a...

APA to market Alcryn to Europeans.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Since DuPont sold its Alcryn business to a team of former managers, Advanced Polymer Alloys has been dedicated to building the profile of the material to customers in North America. Now the company is trying to attract applications in Europe....

Freudenberg aims for integration.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Elastomer expertise, design competence, and early participation in seal development are all important for Freudenberg. These capabilities are put to good use in designing seals with integrated functions. Seal maker Freudenberg has produced...

BPRI talks about TPEs.
January 1, 2000... Thermoplastic elastomers are muscling in on an increasing range of automotive application areas, delegates to a recent Belgian PRI seminar heard. Increasing use of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) in global automotive markets provided a...

Lack of buyers for unreconstructed firm.
January 1, 2000... BTR is for sale, but it won't find a buyer. More accurately, the automotive division of invensys plc is for sale, following the 1999 merger of BTR and Siebe. BTR was a great company back in the booming 80s. The stock market loved it for...