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Seminar on 'Sustainability of Elastomers' scheduled for 19th Nov in UK
Added: 10 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Burton UK -- The Midlands group of the IOM3 is holding a seminar on 19 Novembe…

Conti breaks ground on Hefei tyre plant
Added: 10 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hefei, China, -- Continental held a ground-breaking ceremony for its new car …

Teknek opens semi-clean room for elastomers
Added: 9 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Renfrew, Scotland -- Jim Mather Scottish Minister for Enterprise, Energy & Tou…

News from elsewhere on the web (09 Oct 2008)
Added: 9 Oct 2008
(7 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

So.F.Ter buys plastics compounder
Added: 9 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Forlì, Italy -- So.F.Ter. SpA, the Italian TPE compounder, has acquired Matri…

Schaeffler to seek anti-trust clearance for Conti bid
Added: 9 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Herzogenaurach, Germany -- Schaeffler AG is to seek anti-trust clearance for i…

Private equity group takes stake in Bluestar
Added: 9 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York -- US Private equity company The Blackstone Group has bought a 20 per…

Bridgestone to extend logistics centre in Zeebrugge
Added: 8 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Bridgestone Europe is planning two further expansions of its large…

Dow Elastomers: a clarification
Added: 8 Oct 2008
Dow Chemical runs three businesses which make and sell elastomeric materials.
Dow Elastomers focusse…

NR prices continue to fall - now approaching $2/kg
Added: 8 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices of natural rubber continued to plummet this week. In India the…

ECHA publishes list of pre-registered substances
Added: 8 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki -- In response to demands from the chemical industry, ECHA, the Europ…

Bridgestone to make 'green' tyres for Japanese Grand Prix
Added: 8 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- As part of its 'Make Cars green' campaign, Bridgestone is to make spe…

Goodyear adds board member
Added: 8 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- Stephanie Streeter, former chairman, president and chief execu…

News from elsewhere on the web (08 Oct 2008)
Added: 8 Oct 2008
(12 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ETRMA re-elects Gori as president
Added: 8 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Francesco Gori, CEO at Pirelli Tyre has been re-elected for a seco…

Goodyear signs 7-year contract with New York City Transit
Added: 8 Oct 2008
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has signed a seven-year contract to continue supplying tyres and business s…

New winter tyre law leads to possible shortage in Quebec
Added: 8 Oct 2008
By Miles Moore, Crain staff
Washington, DC-A new law in Quebec mandating a full set of winter tyres …

Yokohama confirms plan to delay Chinese tyre plant
Added: 8 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Yokohama Rubber Co has confirmed that it is likely to delay the fourt…

Lanxess places bid for DSM Elastomers - report
Added: 7 Oct 2008
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Leverkusen -- FT Deutschland is reporting that Lanxess AG has made a bid fo…

EU ministers discuss right to disable RFID tags
Added: 7 Oct 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nice, France -- At a meeting titled, 'Internet of Things', EU information mini…