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Evonik completes sale of carbon black business
Added: 1 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Essen, Germany - Evonik Industries completed the divestment of its carbon bla…

Lanxess ups the price of chloroprene rubber
Added: 1 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Effective today (1 August), Lanxess AG has announced a …

News from elsewhere on the web (01 August 2011)
Added: 1 Aug 2011
(9 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

India consumed more rubber in April
Added: 1 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottayam, INdia -- India's Rubber Board has published the June issue of its pu…

PPE introduces new perfluoroelastomer
Added: 1 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Blackburn, UK - Precision Polymer Engineering has introduced a new perfluoroe…

Class action lawsuit filed against Magnum d'Or
Added: 1 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Wilmington, Delaware - A class action lawsuit has been filed in the US agains…

The people behind Freudenberg's innovations
Added: 1 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Weinheim. Germany -- Fingermops, bio-degradable nonwovens or high-tech compon…

Income up 25% in Q2 at Tenneco
Added: 1 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Lake Forest, Illinois - Automotive component maker Tenneco has reported secon…

ElringKlinger opens China plant for rubber-metal components
Added: 1 Aug 2011
By Steve Toloken, Crain staff (PN)
Dettingen, Germany -- German auto parts maker ElringKlinger AG h…

NR prices on Mon 1 August - still above $5
Added: 1 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract moved up by yen 4…

Vystar pursuing more opportunities for growth
Added: 1 Aug 2011
By Mike McNulty, Crain staff (R&PN)
Duluth, Georgia -- As Vystar Corp. prepares to embark on its big…

Specialty Tires plant fire injures six
Added: 1 Aug 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Indiana, Pennsylvania -- Three firefighters and three employees were treated …

After slow period, Japan's product pipeline is full
Added: 1 Aug 2011
By Mark Rechtin and Lindsay Chappell, Crain staff report (AN)
Tokyo -- What with the earthquake, a s…

Editorial: Goodyear, Conti trade secret case to have big impact
Added: 1 Aug 2011
(From the July 25, 2011, issue of Rubber & Plastics News)
Akron, Ohio -- If there's one thing that's…

Tokai posts notice of extraordinary loss
Added: 29 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Tokai Rubber Industries has notified markets that it posted an extraor…

Japanese car production down by 16.2 percent in June
Added: 29 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - JAMA, the Japanese car manufacturers Association said Japanese product…

Global tyre markets returning to trendline - Michelin
Added: 29 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin has updated its website with a regional breakdown of the gro…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 July 2011)
Added: 29 Jul 2011
(12 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Lanxess develops 'floating warehouse' for Asian BR customers
Added: 29 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore - Lanxess aims to cut delivery times for BR to customers in Asia by …

NR prices on Fri 29 July - still above $5
Added: 29 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract moved down by yen…