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Pre-register for REACH, only if you intend to register - ECHA
Added: 19 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency, has recommended that…
Bekaert expects steelcord prices to rise further
Added: 19 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kortrijk, Belgium -- Bekaert has announced that prices of steel cord products …
News from elsewhere on the web (18 Sept 2008)
Added: 18 Sep 2008
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Eliokem director wins Hancock medal 2008
Added: 18 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Villejust/Paris -- Manu Patel has been awarded Hancock Medal 2008 for his outs…
Michelin to double aircraft tyre capacity, following 10-year aircraft tyre deal
Added: 18 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin is to double manufacturing capacity for large radial aircraf…
Lanxess to launch Russian sales, distribution arm
Added: 18 Sep 2008
Cologne, Germany -- Lanxess AG plans to build its presence in Russia by implementing a company ther…
Bridgestone to launch Ecopia fuel-efficient tyres worldwide
Added: 18 Sep 2008
Akron, Ohio -- Bridgestone Corp. plans to launch its its Ecopia line of fuel-efficient tyres in Nor…
Consumer Reports to provide more tyre information for US consumers
Added: 18 Sep 2008
Akron, Ohio -- The US-Based Consumer Reports (CR) magazine is stepping up efforts to provide its re…
REACH SIN (substitute it now) published
Added: 18 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Chemical lobbying group Chemsec has, in cooperation with many oth…
Anvis to open AVS unit in Togliatti, Russia
Added: 17 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bad Soden-Salmünster - The Anvis Group -- the former Woco-Michelin AVS joint …
Goodyear to co-develop renewable isoprene with Genencor
Added: 17 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Copenhagen --Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, and The Goodyear Tire & Rubb…
News from elsewhere on the web (17/Sept/2008)
Added: 17 Sep 2008
(6 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…
Dunlop Latex Foam shuts with 155 job losses
Added: 17 Sep 2008
UK-based Dunlop Latex Foam is to be wound down by administrators who said certain assets would be b…
Firestone to close Indiana air springs factory
Added: 17 Sep 2008
Noblesville, Indiana -- Firestone Industrial Products Co. definitely will close its air springs pla…
ISP, Firestone, Lanxess declare force majeure in Gulf Coast
Added: 17 Sep 2008
Houston, Texas -- Three rubber-related firms with facilities in the Texas Gulf Coast have declared …
Conti changes '08 earnings outlook downward
Added: 17 Sep 2008
HANOVER, Germany (Sept. 16, 2008) -- Continental AG has revised its earnings expectations for fisca…
Yokohama Rubber holds tree planting ceremony at Philippines tyre plant
Added: 17 Sep 2008
TOKYO (Sept. 16, 2008) - Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. staged a tree planting ceremony Aug. 23 at its Yo…
New additive could eliminate all zinc oxide from rubber industry
Added: 16 Sep 2008
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Port Elizabeth, South Africa -- A new additive holds the prospect of elimin…
News from elsewhere on the web (16 Sept 2008)
Added: 16 Sep 2008
(12 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Conti cutting back truck tyre output in Europe
Added: 16 Sep 2008
Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG is cutting truck tire production by 6.5 percent at three Europea…
