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News from elsewhere on the web (08 June 2009)
Added: 8 Jun 2009
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Lanxess boosts R&D 10 percent
Added: 8 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG said its R&D budget for 2009 is "euro 110 mi…

News from elsewhere on the web (09 June 2009)
Added: 8 Jun 2009
(20 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Precision Polymer completes new production building
Added: 8 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Blackburn, UK -- Precision Polymer Engineering Ltd has moved into a new buildi…

Uptick in demand could cause return of feedstock shortages
Added: 8 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
New York--The slump in global tyre sales has led to a surplus of feedstocks us…

ERJ seeks information from rubber compounders - deadline today
Added: 8 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS) London -- In our next issue, ERJ intends to report on the European rubber comp…

IRSG publishes new rubber industry report
Added: 5 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has published the Apr…

China's sulphur markets studied
Added: 5 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Beijing Orient Agribusiness Consultant Ltd has published a …

MTI Global announces boardroom changes
Added: 5 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mississauga, Ontario -- Following its Annual General Meeting held on 3 June, M…

Food contact materials studied
Added: 5 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris, France -- Rapra Technology Ltd has published a new report titled, Food …

News from elsewhere on the web (05 June 2009)
Added: 5 Jun 2009
(12 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Group calls EPA to pull endorsement of crumb rubber playgrounds<html>
Added: 5 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
WASHINGTON (June 4, 2009)-Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility,…

Kraiburg compounds used for Gorillapod
Added: 5 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Waldkraiburg / Hong Kong -- Joby, a US company, has developed a new camera mou…

Goodyear's Keegan to keynote Tire Society
Added: 5 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
AKRON (June 4, 2009) - Goodyear Chairman, CEO and President Robert Keegan will…

Freudenberg to extend efforts in China
Added: 5 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany -- The Freudenberg Group is continuing its commitment to the…

Sides spar at ITC hearing over Chinese tyre quotas
Added: 4 Jun 2009
By Miles Moore, Senior Washington reporter
Washington DC -- Backed by senators and congressmen, the …

Rapra to commercialise de-vulcanisation process
Added: 4 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shropshire, UK -- Smithers Rapra is commercialising a new technology for de-v…

Kumho opens first US retail store
Added: 4 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Rancho Cucamonga, California -- Kumho Tireshas opened a retail store in the US…

Treatment for curing bladders launched by Chem-Trend
Added: 4 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Howell, Michigan -- Chem-Trend has launched Mono-Lube 1111, a new tyre curing …

Nizhnekamsk upgrades isoprene unit
Added: 4 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nizhnekamsk, Tartarstan -- Russian SR producer OAO Nizhnekamskneftekhim has up…