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EChA begins discussions on 11 more substances of Very High Concern
Added: 30 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- Three EU Member States - Austria, Germany and the Netherl…

MTI Global sells assets, changes name
Added: 30 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
The company, founded in 1993 in Barrie, Ontario, as Magnifoam Technologies Inc…

US drops duty on Japanese polychloroprene
Added: 30 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington DC -- The US government has revoked a 55-percent antidumping duty…

Anvis restructures in wake of crisis
Added: 27 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Steinau an der Straße, Germany -- Anvis Deutschland GmbHhas appointed Othmar …

Maxxis building 5th plant in China
Added: 27 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Yuanlin, Taiwan -- Cheng Shin Rubber/Maxxis International has picked a site in…

Suppliers rewrite contracts to protect against raw material price surges
Added: 27 Aug 2010
By James B. Treece, ERJ staff (AN)
Detroit, Michigan -- A majority of US automotive parts suppliers …

Trade group calls for review of China tyre tariffs
Added: 27 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- A trade group representing US firms doing business with China…

News from elsewhere on the web (27 August 2009)
Added: 27 Aug 2010
(28 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Trelleborg wins Metalastik order in Philippines
Added: 27 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Manila, Philippines -- Trelleborg Industrial AVS have been chosen to replace a…

Hankook launches winter tyre range in Moscow
Added: 27 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow, Russia -- Hankook Tire has introduced two new winter performance tyres…

Michelin to recruit in Poland - report
Added: 27 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Olstyn, Poland - Local journalist Jaroslaw Adamowski reports that, “In respo…

Short report published on Trelleborg
Added: 27 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Global Data has published a new report titled, Trelleborg AB (TREL B)…

Yokohama's Guiney to discuss orange oil at TIA Environmental Symposium
Added: 27 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Ocean City, Maryland -- “Orange is the New Green†will be the topic of Dan…

Short report published on Yokohama Rubber
Added: 27 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- just-auto has published a new report titled, Yokohama Rubber 2010 Com…

Yokohama releases 3rd 'Tire Tips' video in US
Added: 27 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Fullerton, California -- Yokohama Tire Corp. (YTC) has released a third instal…

Conti to launch smart tyres from 2013
Added: 26 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental said it expects to put smart tyres into serie…

Keyuan to build SBS plant in China
Added: 26 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ningbo, China -- Keyuan Petrochemicals, Inc. has acquired land in China and wi…

Sperry & Rice to expand in Indiana
Added: 26 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brookville, Indiana -- Rubber products producer, Sperry & Rice Manufacturing C…

Conti hoses suck diamonds from the seabed for De Beers
Added: 26 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental is supplying hoses to mining company De Beers…

Kent Elastomers adds Vytex to dip moulded line
Added: 26 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Kent, Ohio -- Tubing products manufacturer Kent Elastomer Products Inc. has …