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Teknor Apek to launch Sarlink grades to replace foamed EPDM profiles at Fakuma
Added: 6 Oct 2011
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Geleen, Netherlands --Teknor Apex, which acquired the Sarlink business from DS…

JSR publishes CSR report 2011
Added: 6 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- JSR Corp has published an English-language version of its Corporate a…

Irish Tyre safety Day set for Tuesday
Added: 6 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin -- Ireland's Road Safety Authority has declared Tuesday 11 October to b…

Tokyo NR prices creep above $4 on 6 October
Added: 6 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices rose slightly overnight, bringing prices back above $4…

Report published on Malaysia's rubber business in H1 2011
Added: 6 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Emerging Markets Direct Reports has published a new report ti…

Researcher defends PhD thesis on more efficient production of high solids latices for paints
Added: 6 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Basque Country -- Chemical engineer Ms Inês Mariz has presented guidelines fo…

Conti to invest $500M+ for car, LT tyre plant in South Carolina
Added: 6 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Sumter, South Carolina (Oct. 6, 2011) - Continental Tire the Americas (CTA) wi…

Lanxess to add additives and bladder capacity in Brazil
Added: 5 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG has announced three new investments in Brazi…

Dow studying EPDM plant; seeks partners
Added: 5 Oct 2011
New York -- Dow Elastomers is studying the feasibility of building a new world-scale plant to make …

DuPont to increase Vamac output
Added: 5 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva, Switzerland -- DuPont Performance Polymers is to increase the polymer …

News from elsewhere on the web (05 Oct 2011)
Added: 5 Oct 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

SCG-Dow's Thai elastomer plant operating at full capacity
Added: 5 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York The Dow Chemical Company (“Dowâ€) said its new
polyolefin elastom…

Cooper Europe appoints director for subsidiaries
Added: 5 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melksham, UK -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe has appointed Sylvain Borr…

Elastopôle holds nanomaterials summit today
Added: 5 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Orleans, France - French rubber and polymer association Elastopôle is holdin…

NR price falls below $4: triggers intervention
Added: 5 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices rose slightly overnight, following announcements from …

Styrolution opens for business
Added: 5 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ludwigshafen, Germany - On 1 October 2011 Styrolution officially started oper…

Electric car breaks Nürburgring lap record on Nokian tyres
Added: 5 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nürburgring Nordschleife - Electric RaceAbout (E-RA) from Finland drove a la…

Mercedes picks Yokohama for A-Class, B-Class
Added: 5 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., said Daimler AG is to fit Yokohama tyre…

Freedonia issues report on world TPEs
Added: 5 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cleveland, Ohio -- Freedonia has published a new report titled, World Thermopl…

Bibendum inducted into US Advertising's Walk of Fame
Added: 5 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Madison Avenue, New York - Bibendum, the advertising avatar of Michelin, has b…