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Translogik and Goodyear Dunlop enter supply agreement
Added: 25 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
London - Translogik Limited, a provider of technology solutions for data capt…

Lanxess and RAS sign cooperation agreement
Added: 25 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Leverkusen, Germany - Speciality chemicals group Lanxess AG and the Russian Ac…

News from elsewhere on the web (25 Sept 2009)
Added: 25 Sep 2009
(12 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Dana announces public offering of common stock (updated)
Added: 25 Sep 2009
Rubber and Plastics News staff report
Toldeo, Ohio - Dana Holding Corp. has priced a public offering…

Sumitomo opens Kobe tyre tech centre
Added: 25 Sep 2009
Tire Business staff report
Kobe, Japan - Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) has opened a $56 mill…

SICOM, MOU to enhance rubber trading
Added: 24 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Singapore/China - Singapore Commodity Exchange Limited (SICOM) and Sino Rubber…

News from elsewhere on the web (24 September 2009)
Added: 24 Sep 2009
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Geely's Volvo bid may be aided by Goldman stake
Added: 24 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Hong Kong (Reuters) -- Goldman Sachs will invest $334 million in Geely Automob…

Commercial vehicle manufacturers face long road to recovery
Added: 24 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Brussels - The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) has said …

Global rubber consumption, production fall sharply, IRSG says
Added: 24 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Singapore - Global rubber consumption and production are at their lowest poi…

Myers sells Buckhorn, Michigan Rubber assets to Chinese
Added: 24 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Akron, Ohio - Myers Industries Inc. said it has entered into a non-binding l…

Toyo to shift Chinese tyre output to Japan
Added: 24 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Cypress, California - Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. will move production of co…

ANRPC Rubber conference to be held 4 Nov 2009
Added: 24 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Count…

IRSG's 2010 World Rubber Summit brought forward
Added: 24 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Singapore - The joint 2010 World Rubber Summit and China Rubber Conference, or…

Chem-Trend's Mono-Lube improves tyre-curing treatment
Added: 24 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Howell, Michigan - Chem-Trend, a global manufacturer of release agents and oth…

Sunarrow closes Hungarian manufacturing plant
Added: 24 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (PRW)
Japanese electronics component moulder Sunarrow has announced the closure of…

Emtec launches range of animal-themed rubber USB flash drives
Added: 24 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Lewis Center, Ohio - Emtec Electronics, a US-based USB memory storage speciali…

Freudenberg publishes emission-reducing brochure
Added: 24 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Weinheim, Germany - Freudenberg has recently published a 28-page brochure out…

Michelin agrees PPK contract with GSE Haulage
Added: 24 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Stoke-on-Trent, UK - Construction and land remediation company GSE Haulage has…

Titan likely to buy Goodyear farm tyre assets in France
Added: 23 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Quincy, Illinois -- Titan International Inc. has agreed to buy certain farm ty…