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Tyre shredding plant close to ERJ offices burns
Added: 23 Sep 2011
Tyre shredding plant close to ERJ offices burns
ERJ staff report (DS)
Croydon - A tyre recycling plan…

ContiTech to build new hose plant in Serbia
Added: 22 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Subotica, Serbia - ContiTech is to build a new automotive hose factory in nort…

Negromex to build new NBR plant in China
Added: 22 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mexico City, Mexico / Nanjing, China-- A Mexican-Chinese joint venture compan…

ContiTech proposes mixing line in Hungary
Added: 22 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nyi´regyha´za, Hungary - ContiTech is discussing plans to build a new mixing…

ADAC reveals winter tyre test results
Added: 22 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Munich, Germany - ADAC has released the results of its latest tests of winter …

Struggling Saab wins right to creditor protection
Added: 22 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Stockholm, Sweden (Reuters) -- Struggling car maker Saab today won fresh breat…

Bridgestone Europe to raise tyre prices from 1 October
Added: 22 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels - Bridgestone Europe said some tyre prices will increase across Europ…

Kraton appoints board member
Added: 22 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas - Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. has appointed Anna Cheng C…

Rubber prices plunged overnight
Added: 22 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices in Tokyo, Singapore and Shanghai fell sharply overnigh…

Synthos takes Euro 1.4 million stake in Global Bioenergies
Added: 22 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Evry, France -- Synthos SA has taken a euro 1.4 million investment in bio-buta…

Bridgestone to invest $1.2B in U.S., including new OTR plant
Added: 22 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Graniteville, South Carolina -- Bridgestone Americas will invest more than …

Brooks to head new Bridgestone OTR plant project
Added: 22 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Nashville, Tennessee -- Bridgestone Americas (BATO) has tapped Steve Brooks fo…

Lanxess close to 10-year Isobutanol deal with Gevo
Added: 21 Sep 2011
Duesseldorf, Germany -- Lanxess AG is in the final stages of negotiating a 10-year exclusive supply…

Lanxess to phase out Buna EP name in favour of Keltan
Added: 21 Sep 2011
Duesseldorf, Germany -- Lanxess is to phase out the Buna EP name for its EPDM products. From 1 Jan …

Lanxess to use bio-ethylene in EPDM - update
Added: 21 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dusseldorf -- Lanxess AG has said it will, by the end of this year, use bio-et…

China working on tyre labelling rules
Added: 21 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Yantai, China -- A second report on the CRIA website discusses the meeting hel…

News from elsewhere on the web (21 Sept 2011)
Added: 21 Sep 2011
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

China's tyre ouptut increased in August
Added: 21 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- A report from China says, "Data from National Bureau of Statistics …

Bridgestone planning 'major' investment in S.C.
Added: 21 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Graniteville, South Carolina -- Bridgestone Americas will announce a “major …

Debica director resigns
Added: 21 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Debica, Poland -- Roberto Fioroni a member of the Supervisory Board at TC Debi…