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Eliokem increases capacity of its Wingstay L antioxidant

Added: 21 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (RD)

Villejust, France - Major chemical speciality company Eliokem is to increase …

Global tyre sales slow in October according to Michelin

Added: 20 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market data for the month o…

News from elsewhere on the web (20 November)

Added: 20 Nov 2008

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Malaysian NR production shows slight rise in September

Added: 20 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kuala Lumpur -- Production of natural rubber (NR) in September 2008 was 105,39…

Rhodia inaugurates R&D centre in Shanghai

Added: 20 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (RD)

Shanghai - International chemical company Rhodia inaugurated its new Internat…

Fire rips through Carlisle Tire plant

Added: 20 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (TB)

Bowdon, Georgia - Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of an…

Giant elastomer plant set for Saudi by Sabic and ExxonMobil

Added: 19 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (RD)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Basic Industries Corp and ExxonMobil Chemical ha…

Sumitomo Rubber aims to make oil-free tyre by 2013

Added: 19 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kobe, Japan -- Following on from the Enasave 97 product, Sumitomo Rubber Indus…

Bridgestone Europe lays out environmental commitments

Added: 19 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussles -- Bridgestone Europe NV/SA has published an updated environmental re…

News from elsewhere on the web (19 Nov 2008)

Added: 19 Nov 2008

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Sigma-Vibracoustic wins Tata quality award

Added: 19 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Mumbai, India -- Sigma-Vibracoustic has been honoured with the 'best Quality A…

EChA prepares backup system in case REACH-IT gets saturated ahead of 1 Dec. deadline

Added: 19 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Helsinki, Finland -- For those companies who still have not pre-registered the…

Wacker, Dow Corning JV starts production

Added: 19 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Zhangjiagang, China -- Wacker Chemie AG and Dow Corning Corp. have started p…

UK replacement tyre market studied

Added: 19 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Snapdata International Group has published a new report tit…

Hankook to join ETRMA from January 2009

Added: 18 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Neu-Isenburg, Germany - Hankook Tire has won permission to join the European …

Two dead after mixer explodes at MarconiGomma -- reports

Added: 18 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Bologna, Italy -- Two people have died and three are injured after a mixer exp…

US tyre makers hit hard by declining demand

Added: 18 Nov 2008

By Bruce Meyer, Crain News Service

Akron -- There's a storm brewing in the US tyre industry, and the…

RIEG to hold seminar on rubber recycling

Added: 18 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- The UK-based the Rubber in Engineering Group is holding an afternoo…

Peggy Ballinger to retire from IISRP

Added: 18 Nov 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Houston, Texas -- The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, I…

News from elsewhere on the web (18 Nov 2008)

Added: 18 Nov 2008

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…