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• Myers Industries receives safety award

  May 17, 2013

  AKRON—Myers Industries Inc. has been awarded an Inside Business Manny Award as a safety leader in the manufacturing industry.

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  TSD opens facility in Texas to ship carbon black

  By: Bruce Geiselman, Rubber & Plastics News Correspondent May 17, 2013

  TEXARKANA, Texas—TSD Logistics Inc. has opened a transloading facility in Texarkana to supply carbon black to tire manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada.

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• Rubber Division accepting nominations for 2014 awards

  May 17, 2013

  AKRON—The ACS Rubber Division is accepting nominations for its 2014 Science and Technology Awards. Nominations must be received by July 15.

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• Baytown plant workers ratify agreements with ExxonMobil

  May 17, 2013

  BAYTOWN, Texas—United Steelworkers Local 13-2001 said it has ratified three separate agreements with ExxonMobil's refinery in Baytown.

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• BASF to increase price for polyamide 6 polymer

  May 17, 2013

  WYANDOTTE, Mich.—BASF Corp. will increase the price for polyamide 6 polymer by 5 cents per pound in North America, effective June 1, or as contracts allow.

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• Eight are re-elected to Tenneco's board of directors

  May 17, 2013

  LAKE FOREST, Ill.—Shareholders of automotive supplier Tenneco Inc. re-elected eight members to the company’s board of directors.

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• Auto aftermarket industry to experience growth

  May 15, 2013

  BETHESDA, Md.—The U.S. auto aftermarket industry should grow 3.4 percent annually through 2016 to $263.8 billion, adding $32.6 billion to the economy, according to a report produced jointly by the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association and the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association.

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• Tokai to set up 'promotion office' for hose business

  May 15, 2013

  TOKYO—Tokai Rubber Industries Ltd. plans to set up a “global improvement promotion office” for its automotive hose business.

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• Semperit reports best first quarter ever

  May 15, 2013

  VIENNA—Semperit A.G. reported the strongest first quarter in company history.

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• Schaeffler ends investment agreement with Conti

  May 15, 2013

  FRANKFURT—Schaeffler A.G., the largest shareholder of Continental A.G., is ending a “mutual investment” agreement between the two German companies signed in 2008 that limited Schaeffler's direct ownership in Conti to 49.99 percent.

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