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EU truck registrations continue to grow
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels - New data from ACEA, the European vehicle makers' federation shows t…

ANRPC reduces forecasts of 2011 NR output to below 10m tonnes
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur - In its latest economic forecast, the Association of Natural Rub…

Cooper Standard to expand in Kentucky
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Mt Sterling, Kentucky - Cooper Standard is to expand its Montgomery County, K…

Goodyear pleased by Supreme Court ruling in overseas case
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC - Goodyear said it was pleased by a unanimous US Supreme Court r…

News from elsewhere on the web (28 June 2011)
Added: 28 Jun 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Re…

US Supreme Court reverses court ruling in Goodyear foreign operations tyre liability case
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC - US State courts can't hold foreign corporations liable in acci…

Trinseo (Styron) plans intial public offering
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (PN)
Berwyn, Pennsylvania -- Global polystyrene leader Styron LLC -- which is chan…

Ningbo NBR plant almost complete - report
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ningbo, China - A report from China Chemical News, re-printed on the Chinese R…

Saab owner gets cash to pay wages, some suppliers
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (AN - Reuters)
Amsterdam, Netherlands -- Swedish Automobile, the parent company of…

NR prices remain stable overnight
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract recovered fractio…

EU lifts sanctions on Côte d'Ivoire rubber group
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Brussels - The European Union has lifted the remaining restrictions on the CÃ…

European butadiene market studied
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- GlobalData has published a new report titled, Europe Butadi…

IRCO looks back on 10 years of tri-partite agreement
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bangkok - Darmansyah Basyaruddin, CEO of the International Rubber Consortium L…

Electric vehicle breaks speed record for hill climb using Yokohamas
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has beaten its previous record in the 2…

TSRC, IOC, Marubeni to build 200kt SR plant in India - report
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Taipei, Taiwan -- Taiwanese newspapers are reporting that TSRC Corp., Indian O…

Hutchinson works with Elevance on renewable additives
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bolingbrook, Illinois -- Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. and Paris-based Hut…

News from elsewhere on the web (27 June 2011)
Added: 27 Jun 2011
(30 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Goodyear will appeal $22 million N.Y. asbestos verdicts
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
New York -- Goodyear said it will appeal verdicts totaling $22 million against…

The scramble for scarce tyres
Added: 27 Jun 2011
By David Sedgwick
and Mike Colias
Automotive News
North American automakers are strugg…

Henniges Automotive to build headquarters in Auburn Hills
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (CDB)
Farmington Hills, Illinois -- Farmington Hills-based auto supplier Henniges A…