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Q2 sales up 16% at Kraton
Added: 3 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Houston, Texas - Kraton Performance Polymers said sales revenue in the second…

Lanxess highlights role of rubber technicians
Added: 3 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Professor Claus Wrana, head of Polymer Testing at Lanxe…

NR prices unlikely to fall below $4.50 - IRCo
Added: 3 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- IRCo (The international Rubber Consortium) now says NR prices are u…

Net sales up by yen 9.4 billion at Japan's Ube
Added: 3 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo, Japan - Sales at Ube Industries were yen 149.4 billion (euro 1353 mill…

Net income up 125% for Japan's Itochu Corp
Added: 3 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo, Japan - Itochu Corp. has said net income for the first quarter of fisc…

Income and assets decrease in Q2 at Gladstone
Added: 3 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Mclean, Virginia - Gladstone Investment Corp. has reported a 16.8 percent dec…

Goodyear declares dividend on 5.875% preferred stock
Added: 3 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has declared a quarterly dividend of…

EnviroKats turns tyres to cat litter
Added: 3 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
London - US company EnviroKats has come up with a novel way of recycling tyre…

Ukrainian security services capture Rosava tyre plant
Added: 2 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Kiev, Ukraine - Ukrainian tyre maker Rosava's plant has been “captured†b…

YHI withdraws from Yokohama joint ventures
Added: 2 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- YHI International Limited is selling the shares it holds in two j…

Aeolus Tyre increases sales, profits in first half
Added: 2 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Henan Province, China -- In its six-month review, Aeolus Tyre said sales in th…

News from elsewhere on the web (02 August 2011)
Added: 2 Aug 2011
(22 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

William Conaty elected to Goodyear board
Added: 2 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Akron, Ohio -- William Conaty, retired senior vice president of human resourc…

Carlisle completes acquisition of European single-ply roofing system maker
Added: 2 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Charlotte, North Carolina - Carlisle Companies Inc. has completed the acquisi…

Deadline for Global Tyre Report approaches
Added: 2 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
London / Akron -- The editors of the Global Tyre Report, the annual statistic…

Kuraray to use bio-sourced material to replace butadiene, isoprene
Added: 2 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Emeryville, California -- Amyris, Inc. has signed a collaboration agreement wi…

Gevo Q2 revenues up $14m
Added: 2 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Englewood, Colorado -- Gevo, Inc. reported second quarter revenues of $14.5 m…

NR prices on Tue 2 August - hovering around $5
Added: 2 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract moved down by yen…

Shell withdraws from Texan C4 company, Sabina
Added: 2 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Port Arthur, Texas -- The shareholders have announced that Shell is to withdra…

Tyre & Rubber conference to be held in Chennai in December
Added: 2 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Chennai, India -- Asian Tyre & Rubber Conference 2011 is due to be held from D…