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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…
