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Evonik appoints new key account manager for carbon black
Added: 22 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Essen, Germany -- As of 1 October Michael Hirschhäuser will take over the pos…

Bridgestone Europe issues environmental report
Added: 22 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Bridgestone Europe has produced a new environmental report, entitl…

French exam glove market studied
Added: 22 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- F. Favereau & Associes has published a new report titled, T…

Washington business park terminates OTR tyre plant talks
Added: 22 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Ephrata, Washington State -- The commissioners of the Port of Ephrata voted un…

US rubber goods market studied
Added: 22 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Supplier Relations US, LLC has published a new report title…

French surgeons' glove market studied
Added: 22 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- F. Favereau & Associes has published a new report titled, T…

Tocom's extended hours exclude rubber
Added: 22 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc, ("TOCOM") has extended trading hours …

ANRPC projects tight NR supply
Added: 21 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur - The ANRPC (Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries) i…

Hankook outlines truck tyre ambitions
Added: 21 Sep 2010
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Neu-Isenburg, Germany -- Hankook Tire said it intends to make truck tyres at i…

Lanxess, TSRC break ground on Nantong NBR plant
Added: 21 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nantong, China -- Lanxess-TSRC (Nantong) Chemical Industrial Company Ltd., a 5…

US RMA prepares for tyre company-only future
Added: 21 Sep 2010
By Miles Moore, ERJ staff (R&PN)
Washington DC-Beginning Oct. 1, the Rubber Manufacturers Associatio…

News from elsewhere on the web (21 September 2010)
Added: 21 Sep 2010
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ICEM supports SA tyre strike
Added: 21 Sep 2010
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Geneva, Switzerland - The International union of chemical workers - ICEM - has…

Bekaert acquires steel wire business in China
Added: 21 Sep 2010
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Kortrijk, Belgium - Bekaert has bought control of a steel wire company in Chin…

Exchange rates impact Zodiac results
Added: 21 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Plaisir, France - Zodiac Aerospace Group full year revenues amounted …

Magna opens in Korea, Australia
Added: 21 Sep 2010
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Waalwijk, the Netherlands - Magna Tyres Group, a Dutch manufacturer of Indust…

Yokohama expands sizes in Advan tyre line
Added: 21 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Fullerton, California - Yokohama Tire Corp. has added six sizes to its ADVAN u…

Kumho marks 50 years
Added: 21 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Kumho Tires recently marked its 50th anniversary with celebrat…

Dynasol launches S-SBR material for hot-melt adhesives
Added: 21 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- Solprene 1217, a styrene-butadiene copolymer (SSBR grade), i…

Evonik to sell global carbon blacks business
Added: 20 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Essen, Germany -- Evonik Industries has decided to divest its carbon blacks bu…