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Continental launches new truck tyre range
Added: 25 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hanover, Germany - Continental AG's truck tyre division has launched a new ra…

Cooper names communications director
Added: 25 Mar 2009
Tire Business staff report
Findlay, Ohio - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has appointed Cathy Hissong d…

World Mica market report
Added: 25 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
France - ReportLinker has added a new report titled, MICA MCP-2100. A Global …

Tyre markets set to fall in 2009
Added: 25 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
The global tyre market is set to decrease by around five percent in 2009 with …

SunAllomer breaks ground for high-rubber PP plant
Added: 24 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Oita, Japan - SunAllomer Ltd, a joint venture with the Netherlands-based Lyon…

Carbon Black 09 to be held in Bangkok
Added: 24 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Bangkok, Thailand - The carbon black meeting, “Carbon Black 2009 Perspectiv…

Auto suppliers in trouble
Added: 24 Mar 2009
Rubber & Plastics News
Detroit, Michigan - More than half the US's Tier 1 auto parts suppliers co…

Kansas to provide incentives to Goodyear Topeka plant
Added: 24 Mar 2009
Tire Business staff report
Topeka, Kansas - The Kansas Department of Commerce said it will provid…

Rubber hose and belting 2009 report
Added: 24 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Dublin, Ireland - Supplier Relations US, LLC, has published a new report title…

Cooling rubber waste with liquid nitrogen
Added: 24 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Drunen, the Netherlands - Dutch company Celsius has developed a new screw hea…

News from elsewhere on the web (24 March 2009)
Added: 24 Mar 2009
Bulgaria Chemical Industry Collapses over Global Financial Crisis from Novinite.com

Aramco inks expansion deal with Sumitomo
Added: 24 Mar 2009
By Anthony Clark, Plastics & Rubber Weekly
Saudi Aramco is on the brink of signing a deal with Su…

Trelleborg's rubber activities perform well in tough times
Added: 24 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg AB has today published its financial results …

Yokohama lowers fiscal forecast again
Added: 24 Mar 2009
Tire Business staff report
Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (YRC) has again lowered its sales and e…

Trelleborg announces SEK 2.2 billion rights issue
Added: 23 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg AB, a global industrial group and rubber seal …

Lanxess on track for Singapore investment
Added: 23 Mar 2009
By Keith Boi, Plastics & Rubber Weekly
While uncertainties clouding the automotive and tyre manufac…

Lanxess presents synthetic rubber innovations
Added: 23 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Singapore - Lanxess AG will present a keynote speech on innovations in synthet…

Pirelli becomes sponsor of Chinese Super League
Added: 23 Mar 2009
ERJ staff report (RD)
Beijing - Pirelli will be the institutional sponsor for the Chinese Super Leag…

News from elsewhere on the web (23 March 2009)
Added: 23 Mar 2009
Tatneftekhiminvest suggests creating JV with Lanxess from Oil & Gas Eurasia

Valeo chief Morin quits, replaced by ex-Saint-Gobain CEO
Added: 23 Mar 2009
Automotive News
Paris - Valeo said today ceo Thierry Morin was stepping down in a disagreement over…