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Conti officially launches EcoContact tyre
Added: 1 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental has officially launched the ContiEcoContact 5…

AirBoss to broaden markets with 2 plants
Added: 1 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Newmarket, Ontario -- AirBoss of America Corp. is branching out on two front…

Conti has made 2 million ContiSeal tyres
Added: 1 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Lousado, Portugal -- The Continental tyre plant in Lousado, Portugal has made …

Mini now buying Hankook tyres as OE
Added: 1 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Neu-Isenburg, Germany -- BMW is now fitting its current Mini models with Hanko…

RIEG to hold meeting on elastomers in defence
Added: 31 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
London - The Rubber in Engineering Group (RIEG) of the Polymer Society will …

Japanese car output fell 60% in April
Added: 31 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Japan's output of cars fell by 60 percent in April 2011 compared with…

HPL seeks partners to build EPDM, SBR plant in India - report
Added: 31 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Haldia, West Bengal, India - senior executives from Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd …

News from elsewhere on the web (31 May 2011)
Added: 31 May 2011
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

NR prices rise slightly
Added: 31 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges rose marginally ovenight.
On Tokyo'…

BASF, Ineos to merge styrene activities
Added: 31 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ludwigshafen, Germany - BASF SE and Ineos Industries Holdings Limited have sig…

Apollo opens truck tyre centre near Delhi
Added: 31 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
New Delhi, India -- Apollo Tyres has opened its first-ever 'CV Zone' on the ou…

ContiTech acquires Chinese conveyor belt maker
Added: 30 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover -- Continental's Conveyor Belt Group has taken over the conveyor belt …

Another price rise for Eliokem's VP Latex
Added: 30 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Omnova Solutions has announced a price increase of US$600 per dry ton…

Yokohama breaks ground in Philippines
Added: 30 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has held a ground breaking ceremony for the…

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

NR prices drift upwards
Added: 30 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges rose marginally over the weekendt.…

Yokohama taps United Future for digital marketing strategies
Added: 30 May 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Fullerton, California -- Yokohama Tire Corp. has hired Culver City, Calif.-bas…

Trelleborg to invest euro 2m in Malta, add V-ring production
Added: 27 May 2011
by Louise McHenry, ERJ Staff
Trelleborg, Sweden -Trelleborg is to invest euro 2 million in its opera…

Truck sales continue recovery in Europe
Added: 27 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels - Registrations of new commercial vehicle registrations increased by …

JSR Group comments on elastomer strategy
Added: 27 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo, Japan - JSR Group issued a report on its elastomers business along with…