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Yokohama Rubber reorganises management
Added: 12 May 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo -- Yokohama Rubber has made a number of changes to its senior management…

Stemaco joins IISRP as affiliate
Added: 12 May 2010
RPN staff report
Houston, Texas -- Stemaco is the latest synthetic rubber distributor to join the In…

SRI annouces commercially viable tyre recycling technology
Added: 12 May 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Kuala Lumpur -- Sekhar Research Innovations (SRI), developer of cleantech solu…

Fuji Latex revises earnings forecast
Added: 12 May 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo -- Condom maker Fuji Latex has revised its earnings estimates for the fu…

Bridgestone supports Chinese earthquake relief
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone (China) Investment Co. Ltd. (BSCN) has donated RMB 500 00…

ContiTech highlights eco friendly V-belts
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hanover, Germany -- Continental has highlighted its Conti-V Pioneer as the fir…

Hexpol has positive first quarter
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Stockholm -- Rubber compounder Hexpol AB has reported sales up by 16 percent i…

Avon Rubber sees results up strongly in Q1
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Avon Rubber PLC has annonced strong performance in the first quarter…

Lanxess also posts recovery in Q1
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG reported strong results and a return to prof…

Cabot says volumes up by 30 percent from a year ago
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts -- Cabot Corp, the world's largest supplier of carbon bl…

Sumitomo back in the black on higher sales
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
KOBE, Japan (May 10, 2010)-Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. returned to the b…

News from elsewhere on the web (11 May 2010)
Added: 11 May 2010
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Coker Tire bids $1.2M for Denman Tire's assets; Hercules to phase out Merit
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Youngstown, Ohio -- Classic and antique tyre distributor Coker Tire Co. has bi…

Sid Richardson to boost carbon black prices
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
From Rubber and Plastics News
Akron, Ohio -- Sid Richardson Carbon Co. said i…

Pirelli becomes official GP3 racing series tyre supplier
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli has been appointed as the official tyre supplier to th…

ContiTech secures EU funding for Hungarian hose training
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hanover, Germany -- With funding from the Hungarian State and European Union, …

Rhodia opens new polyamide development centre
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Lyon, France -- Chemical company Rhodia officially opened its Technyl Innovati…

Bridgestone's Tennessee plant hit by flooding
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Lavergne, Tennessee -- Bridgestone Americas' plant in LaVergne, Tennessee, f…

Delticom's online tyre sales up 46 percent
Added: 11 May 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hanover, Germany -- Online tyre retailer Delticom AG has reported revenues up …

Lanxess, TSRC to build Chinese plant for nitrile rubber
Added: 7 May 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess and Taiwan's TSRC Corporation will enter into a…