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Australians fund tyre recycling technology
Added: 6 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Victoria, Australia -- Australia's The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial …

China's SBR trade statistics available
Added: 6 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- TableBase has published a new report titled, China styrene-…

Report studies Bridgestone's finances, strategies
Added: 6 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Global Markets Direct has published a new report titled, Bridgestone …

News from elsewhere on the web (06 May 2009)
Added: 6 May 2009
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Sime Darby signs plantation deal with Liberian government
Added: 6 May 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Monrovia, Liberia -- Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd. has signed a 63-year co…

Reddiplex adds EPDM extrusion line
Added: 6 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Droitwich, Worcestershire -- UK-based Reddiplex has added an extrusion line fo…

Eliokem takes Indian unit global
Added: 6 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Villejust, France -- Within a year of merging with Eliokem, the former Apar I…

Conti-Marangoni deal to offer truck tyre retreads in US
Added: 6 May 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
By Vera Linsalata, Tire Business staff
Indian Land, South Carolina -- Continent…

Fieldturf offers recyclable synthetic turf
Added: 6 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Peachtree City, Georgai -- FieldTurf has introduced two synthetic turf lines w…

Hankook returns to profit on higher Q1 sales
Added: 5 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Hankook Tire said its operating profit for the three months to…

Trelleborg introduces compound for conductive hoses
Added: 5 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Clermont Ferrand, France -- Trelleborg Industrial Hose has introduced a new co…

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

Rapra publishes report on rubber mixing techology
Added: 5 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Rapra Technology Ltd has published a new report titled, Rub…

Plasma process makes carbon particles
Added: 5 May 2009
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Atlantic Hydrogen has developed a new way of making carbon black -- or some…

Anaconda undergoes sea trials
Added: 5 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gosport, Hampshire -- The Anaconda wave energy device developed by UK company …

Myers Industries studies sale of automotive rubber units
Added: 5 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- Myers Industries, Inc. is considering the sale of four business…

Lord Corp. opens new facility in Mexico
Added: 5 May 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Cary, North Carolina -- Lord Corp. has moved into a new 1000 m2 sales and di…

IRSG publishes four secretariat papers
Added: 5 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has released four Sec…

Unions resolves conflict at Michelin's Thai plant
Added: 5 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Chomburi, Thailand -- A two-month dispute between Michelin in Thailand and rub…

Bridgestone Mexico to close factories on government 'flu instructions
Added: 1 May 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone is to temporarily close its four factories in Mexico, fol…