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Bridgestone investing $135 million in US tyre plant
Added: 21 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Nashville, Tennessee -- Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) will inve…

Denso, other wiper blade suppliers raided by Japanese fair trade authorities
Added: 21 Jul 2011
By Hans Greimel, Crain staff report (AN)
Tokyo -- Japanese fair trade regulators have raided the off…

Kinugawa sets up JV in India for hoses, body seals
Added: 21 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co., is to set up a joint venture in India…

July tyre prices in China
Added: 21 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- China's Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) has released its monthly…

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

NR prices on Thur 21 July
Added: 21 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract moved down by 3 y…

Indian Rubber Board to collect plantation data
Added: 21 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottayam, India -- India's Rubber Board has said it intends to collect data on…

Automakers try to stall higher mpg standards, ask Obama for review
Added: 21 Jul 2011
By Jeff Plungis and David Welch Crain staff report (AN)
Washington DC (Bloomberg) -- The auto indust…

Pirelli Tire promotes several key executives
Added: 21 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
New York -- Pirelli Tire North America Inc. has promoted several key members o…

ITR USA issues recall on Negotiator tyres
Added: 20 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Washington, DC - ITR USA is recalling certain Shandong Yongtai Negotiator Co…

Rubber recycling group announces PR alliance
Added: 20 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Salt Lake City, Utah - Rubber recycling company Garb Oil & Power Corp. has an…

Orb Automotive appoints Xiang-Yang Lu to board
Added: 20 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Shenzhen, China -- ORB Automotive Corp., a manufacturer and distributor of co…

New warehouses help Grouptyre win business in the South East
Added: 20 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Runcorn, UK -- Independent tyre wholesaler Grouptyre is winning new business …

Carlisle to acquire German roofing systems maker
Added: 20 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Carlisle Companies Inc. has entered into an agre…

Synthos strikes deal with Global Bioenergies to make bio-butadiene
Added: 20 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Evry, France -- Synthos S.A. and Global Bioenergies S.A., an industrial biolog…

NR producers look toward price 'stabilisation'
Added: 20 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bangkok, Thailand -- Major natural rubber producers in Southeast Asia are plan…

DuPont to reveal new 2-K moulding technology at Fakuma
Added: 20 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva, Switzerland -- DuPont's exhibit at Fakuma (18 through 22 October 2011…

News from elsewhere on the web (20 July 2011)
Added: 20 Jul 2011
(22 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Trelleborg reports good results in Q2
Added: 20 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm, Sweden -- Trelleborg AB's net sales during the three months to June…

Jilin EPDM rubber plant passes approvals - report
Added: 20 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jilin, China -- Jilin Petrochemical said its 25 kt/year EPDM plant has passed …