News from elsewhere on the web (26 Oct 2009)

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Hankook Tire to build 6th overseas plant (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX (Korea)

Lanxess CEO Heitmann sees speed and trust as key to management ICIS (Germany)

Global rubber consumption to fall by 5.5% in 2009 Commodity Online (India)

Rubber prices set to rise further Business Times (Malaysia)

Rescue plan for axed Bridgestone workers Adelaide Now (Australia)

Govt to meet Bridgestone, unions ABC News (Australia)

'High cost of NZ manufacture' hurt tyre company Stuff (New Zealand)

600 jobs lost as imports force tyre plant to close The Australian (Australia)

Schüler forschen am "Kautschuk aus der Dose" rp-online (Germany)

Schoolkids invent 'rubber in a can' Above stary auto-translated into English (From German)

Fire broke out at rubber and chemical mill Indopia (India)

Wheels of fortune (scrap tyres in Jamaica) Daily Gleaner (Jamaica)

Going Green Means More Cash For The Tire Industry Heavy Treaddin' (US)

Greener tires get start in Chicago Heights South Town Star (US - Illinois)

Rubber Board plans region-specific clones The Hindu Business Line (India)

Mr Ajoy Shah, DGM, JK Tyres at Jaipuria Inst of Management Studies (JIMS), Vasundhara The Hindu Business Line (India)

Rubber crop withers; officials face music The Times of India (India)

As auto sector perks up, tyre consumption to rise by 5-6% DNA (India)

Expansion projects in 2 years set to lift SRF's future profits Economic Times (India)

India Commodity News - Oct 26 Reuters (India)

House pushing formation of rubber research institut BusinessWorld Online (Philippines)

Lanka-Vietnam Business Forum a success Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)

Vietnam Rubber Group celebrates 80th anniversary Voice of Vietnam (Vietnam)

Davao Sur farmers urged to go into rubber plantation Philippine Information Agency (Philippines)

State To Stop CDC Crop Thieves Cameroon Tribune (Cameroon)

Nation's automakers are seeing 'green' China Daily (China)

E-commerce window of opportunity for rubber, plastics supplier Alibaba (India)

Get The Best Tire For Your Money Consumer Reports (US)

Chennai Petroleum Corpration Ltd Rubber Process Oil (Aromatic Extract) Price slides Baseoilreort (India)

Free Tire Recycling Draws a Crowd WCAX (US - Vermont)

Burst tyre sparks seven bushfires Brisbane Times (Australia)