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Michelin regains top slot among tyre makers
Added: 3 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Michelin has regained its top position in European Rubber Journal's …

Lanxess raises rubber prices for third successive month
Added: 3 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG is to increase its prices for synthetic rubb…

Tyre industry investing nearly $10 000 million worldwide
Added: 3 Sep 2008
By Bruce Davis, Tire Business staff
Akron, Ohio -- Despite the uncertain market prospects for the ne…

BST to build NBR latex plant, buys Dow-Reichhold's know-how
Added: 3 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bangkok, August 29, 2008 - Bangkok Synthetics Co., Ltd. (BST) has bought the …

Michelin releases sales figures for July
Added: 3 Sep 2008
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Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market data for the month o…

News from elsewhere on the web (03 Sept 2008)
Added: 3 Sep 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone sets up OTR sales unit in Peru
Added: 3 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has opened a sales company in Lima, Peru. Named, â…

Dunlopillo goes into receivership
Added: 3 Sep 2008
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Harrogate, UK -- Dunlop Latex Foam Limited, the parent of Harrogate-based Dunl…

Hurricane damages Lion Copolymer. ExxonMobil unit on shutdown
Added: 3 Sep 2008
Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- Lion Copolymer LLC's SBR plant in Baton Rouge sustained damage. It and Li…

Michelin to raise its tyre prices in Europe
Added: 3 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Clermont-Ferrand, France -- Michelin will raise prices for its passenger car a…

Conti, Schaeffler to form task force on powertrain
Added: 2 Sep 2008
Bettina Mayer Automotive News Europe
Munich, Germany -- Continental and the Schaeffler Group's firs…

Ford briefs suppliers on Romanian plan
Added: 2 Sep 2008
By John Revill, Automotive News Europe
Craiova Romania -- Ford of Europe has invited 40 automotive s…

News from elsewhere on the web (02 Sept 2008)
Added: 2 Sep 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

French market for replacement tyres studied
Added: 2 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, France After…

Rapra splits off publications unit under new name
Added: 1 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shropshire, UK -- Smithers Rapra Technology has re-organised its UK business i…

Daetwyler continues restructuring efforts
Added: 1 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Altdorf, Switzerland -- Daetwyler Group said it continued to grow revenue and …

Ohio State making strides in natural rubber alternative
Added: 1 Sep 2008
By Steve Dudukovich, Rubber & Plastics News Staff
Wooster, Ohio -- In a greenhouse at Ohio State Uni…

Report looks at rubber products in the US
Added: 1 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- IBISWorld has published a new report titled, Rubber Product…

Conti wins control of Turkish tyre distributor
Added: 1 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Following approvals given by the Turkish antitrust author…

ATC denies story in tyre press
Added: 1 Sep 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Chino, California -- American Tire Corp. has reacted angrily to stories publis…