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Freudenberg sells Actuator unit to partner
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany -- Freudenberg has agreed .to transfer its actuator business…

TV campaign to promote Dunlop bike tyres launches in UK
Added: 5 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Dunlop Tyres is launching a new TV advertising campaign in the UK. S…

CRIA seminar reports on low-temperature mixing
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- Last week, the Tyre branch of the China Rubber Industry Association…

Conti greenlights $320M Russian tyre plant
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Kaluga, Russia -- Continental AG has selected a site in Kaluga, about 100 mile…

Kraton raises SBS prices around the world
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- Kraton polymers has announced price increases for its SBS st…

Lanxess raises prices for NBR, other elastomers
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG has increased its prices by EUR 150 per metr…

News from elsewhere on the web (04 July 2011)
Added: 4 Jul 2011
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Dunlop Aircraft adds Desser as Americas' distributor
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Montebello, California -- Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Ltd. has appointed Desser Tire…

Toyo completes Chinese acquisition, renames company
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Osaka, Japan -- Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. has completed its acquisition of …

Auto supplier industry studied
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, Global Autom…

CEO resigns from troubled Nairit rubber plant
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Yerevan, Armenia - Vardan Melkonian, ceo of Armenian synthetic rubber company…

Ansell buys Sandel Medical
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melbourne, Australia -- Ansell Limited has acquired Sandel Medical Industries,…

NR prices recover over the weekend
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract increased by abou…

Bridgestone raising truck, OTR, retread prices in N. America
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Nashville, Tennessee -- Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations raised prices tod…

Bridgestone raises prices in Japan
Added: 4 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to raise the prices of new truck and bus tyres s…

CRIA explains guidelines in 5-year plan
Added: 1 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- A report on China's CRIA (China Rubber Industry Association) websit…

IRSG forecasts 5 percent growth in rubber demand in 2011
Added: 1 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- The April-June 2011 editions of the Rubber Statistical Bulletin a…

China's imports of rubber in May
Added: 1 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- In May 2011, China imported more natural rubber, but less synthetic…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 July 2011)
Added: 1 Jul 2011
(23 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Marangoni opens re-launched tech centre
Added: 1 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Rovereto, italy - Marangoni has opened a new technical centre in Rivereto. The…