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New report on tyre cord market
Added: 15 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Dublin, Republic of Ireland - Research and Markets has compiled a new report,…

Bridgestone restructures Americas operations
Added: 15 Oct 2008
Tyre Business staff report
Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc. (BSAH) will r…

Bridgestone renames company operations
Added: 15 Oct 2008
Tire Business staff report
Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc. (BSAH) will ren…

ACS Rubber Division to use I-X centre in 2011
Added: 15 Oct 2008
Rubber & Plastics News staff report
Louisville, Kentucky - The ACS Rubber Division plans to hold it…

Syndication of Schaeffler's Conti loan on hold
Added: 15 Oct 2008
Automotive News Europe
London - Syndication of the Euro 16 100 million ($21.92 billion) loan backing…

NR prices continue to slide; butadiene plunges $400/tonne in a week
Added: 13 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices of natural rubber continued to plummet as markets opened in As…

Precipitated silica markets studied
Added: 13 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Notch consulting has published a new report titled, World M…

Nizhnekamskneftekhim pre-registers rubber monomers
Added: 13 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nizhnekamsk, Tartarstan -- Nizhnekamskneftekhim INC said it has pre-registered…

VMI-AZ launches extruder for giant tyre retreading
Added: 13 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Epe, Netherlands -- VMI has introduced a large extruder system aimed at off-ro…

Petrie named as president of Cancarb
Added: 13 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Medicine Hat, Alberta -- Dave Petrie has been named President of Cancarb Limit…

News from elsewhere on the web (13 Oct 2008)
Added: 13 Oct 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

ECHA stakeholder meeting available online
Added: 10 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- Today over 300 representatives of stakeholder organisatio…

ECHA publishes initial list of substances of very high concern
Added: 10 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency charged with implemen…

Conti may look to sell tyre and rubber unit
Added: 10 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG's recent restructuring into two operating g…

O-ring standard ISO 3061 revised for global harmonisation
Added: 10 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva, Switzerland -- ISO 3601, the standard covering O-Rings has been revise…

News from elsewhere on the web (10 Oct 2008)
Added: 10 Oct 2008
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be int…

Vystar adds board members - may go for IPO
Added: 10 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Atlanta, Georgia -- Prior to launching an IPO, Vystar Corp has named Dean Wate…

Avon Tyres extends title sponsorship of British GT
Added: 10 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Avon Tyres has formalised a deal with British GT Championship organisers SRO, …

Columbian Chemicals names president and CEO
Added: 10 Oct 2008
Marietta, Georgia -- Columbian Chemicals Co. has appointed Kevin Boyle to the position of president…

Struktol of America names Hamrick president
Added: 10 Oct 2008
STOW, Ohio (Oct. 9, 2008) -- Struktol Co. of America has appointed Gilbert Hamrick as president.
Ham…