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European Rubber Journal

Vol. 180, no. 4
April 1998

News stories in this issue:

TI selects Forsheda name for polymer business

Jury grants latex allergy award

Freudenberg has 14 percent growth

Degussa and HŸls agree merger

UK launches training package to improve rubber health/safety

Clean air laws lead to less NR

Veritas building Mexican unit

Conti to grow through new technology

Avon buys Cow Polymers from Unipoly

News from around the world

Improved quality, lower cost wanted

Conti unit builds on core skills

A report from the Geneva Auto Salon indicates that tyre makers expect change

Goodyear announces long term strategies

Bridgestone cuts SE Asian plans

Trading places
A look at the place of commodity trading in the modern rubber business

IRC Paris preview
May 12-14 sees the global rubber industry meeting in Paris for the 1998 international rubber conference and exhibition

Allergy change slow
A Paris meeting of allergy experts heard of the painstaking progress made on understanding latex protein allergy

Postscript
David Shaw looks at Russia: a high risk, frontier business, with good potential

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