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Gajah Tunggal to invest $2bn in five years - report
Added: 13 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jakarta -- Bloomberg reports that Indonesian tyre maker Gajah Tunggal plans to…

Hankook recalls tyres in China -report
Added: 13 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- China's quality watchdog discovered quality issues with Hankook tyr…

NR prices ease in Tokyo
Added: 13 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved down over the weekend.
On Tok…

Retired IISRP head Richard "Dick" Killian dies at 72
Added: 13 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- Richard J. “Dick†Killian, 72, the first managing dire…

Hyosung buys Goodyear's global steelcord business
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has agreed to sell its globa…

Denka raises prices for CR
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K.(Denka) said it is increasing prices of its po…

China NR imports rose in May
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- China's imports of natural rubber rose, while imports of synthetic …

ERJ seeks information from Rubber Compounders - Last chance today
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- In our next issue, ERJ intends to report on the European rubber comp…

Malaysia's NR ouput was up in April
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia's production of natural rubber (NR) recorded 62,363 t…

Hankook breaks ground on Indonesia tyre plant
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Bekasi, Indonesia -- Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. has broken ground on a $353 million…

News from elsewhere on the web (10 June 2011)
Added: 10 Jun 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Apollo sets up Mid-east hub in Dubai
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dubai --Apollo Tyres Ltd, has announced its plans for the Middle East market a…

Conti to add 10 percent output this year
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover -- Continental's passenger car tyre unit will produce about 124 milli…

ATS upgrades UK fast-fit centres
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Michelin-owned tyre retail chain ATS Euromaster is spending £6 mil…

NR prices ease in Tokyo
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved down overnight.
On Tokyo's To…

Nebraska gives money to tyre recyclers
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Lincoln, Nebraska -- Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality is awarding …

Yokohama launches 'user-centric' consumer website
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Fullerton, California -- Yokohama Tire Corp. has re-launched its US-oriented …

Solutia hiking Santoflex prices
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
St Louis, Missouri -- Just days after announcing a new commitment to rubber …

EPA removes confidentiality claims for more than 150 chemicals
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made public …

Plaza Group joins IISRP as an affiliate
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- The Plaza Group has joined the International Institute of …