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NR prices sink further - around $4.60

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Rubber prices have been sinking sharply in the wake of stock market…

Daikin building fluoroelastomer plant in China

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Osaka, Japan - Daikin Industries Ltd. plans to build a $38.2 million fluoroe…

Bridgestone re-shuffles management in Japan

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - Bridgestone has made some changes in management responsibility in Japa…

LEDs can stretch like rubber

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Los Angeles - Stretchable electronics, an emerging class of modern electronic …

Mitsuitargets synthetic leather market with olefin elastomer

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. has launched a syndiotactic elastomer called No…

CTS introduces oyster shells as sustainable filler to replace chalk

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Cholet, France - CTS compounds is using powdered oyster shells as a filler in …

Hankook sponsored UK equestrian event

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Daventry, UK - Hankook Tyres recently sponsored The UK's Royal International H…

Million pounds of scrap tyres removed in Alabama

Added: 9 Aug 2011

Crain News Service report (WRN)

Mobile, Alabama - More than a million pounds of scrap tyre materials…

Raw-material prices up 10-20 percent, survey says

Added: 9 Aug 2011

By David Sedgwick, Automotive News staff

Detroit, Michigan -- The cost of automotive raw materials …

Michelin honored as military tyre supplier

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Columbus, Ohio - The US military's Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has awarded…

Bridgestone's first half profits exceeds expectations

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp shrugged off the effects of the Japanese earthquake …

Bridgestone expands Tianjin car tyre plant

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to increase capacity for passenger car tyres at …

Bridgestone expands Wuxi car tyre plant

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to increase capacity for passenger car tyres at …

Tokai Rubber's Q1 results down on earthquake impact

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- In the three months to 30 June 2011, Tokai Rubber Industries reported…

China imposes controls on scrap tyres

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- New rules on imported solid waste came into force in China from 1 A…

News from elsewhere on the web (08 August 2011)

Added: 8 Aug 2011

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Triangle confirms 2-year halobutyl deal with Lanxess

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Weihai, Shandong -- Triangle Tire has confirmed the announcement made two week…

World carbon black market studied

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Merchant Research and Consulting Ltd. has published a new r…

NR prices on 8 August - sharply down on stock market falls

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract moved …

US market a 'tale of 2 cities' - Bridgestone exec

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

By Bruce Davis, Tire Business staff

Akron, Ohio -- The US tyre marketplace is a…