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DSM launches white EPDM grades
Added: 20 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Heerlen, Netherlands -- DSM Elastomers is to introduce a new range of Keltan E…

Tokyo rubber sinks below Yen300/kg
Added: 20 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices of natural rubber on Tokyo's Tocom exchange closed at Yen 298/…

Industrial Rubber Products sold to private equity companies
Added: 20 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hibbing, Minnesota - Protective coatings specialist Industrial Rubber Products…

Amtel stops tyre production at Kirov due to lack of money
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow -- Amtel-Vredestein NV said it has temporarily stopped production at it…

News from elsewhere on the web (19 August 2008)
Added: 19 Aug 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Apollo locks out workers at Kerala tyre plant following strike action
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kochi, Kerala, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd has been forced to temporarily shut o…

Australian car may get runflat tyres as no-cost option
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melbourne, Australia -- GM's Australian subsidiary Holden Ltd is thinking abou…

Report looks at replacement market for tyres in Italy
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, Italy Afterm…

Titan supports ITC's announcement on Chinese OTR tyre makers
Added: 19 Aug 2008
Tire Business staff report
Washington, DC - The US International Trade Commission has affirmed that …

Report looks at replacement market for tyres in Germany
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, Germany Afte…

Ansell announces profit for full year
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Richmond, Australia - Australian latex product maker Ansell Ltd. has recorded …

Cooper's increased sales push up earnings in Q2
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Novi, Michigan - Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., parent company of Cooper-Stan…

Hankook's UHP impresses in magazine tyre test
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Neu-Isenburg, Germany - Hankook Tire Co. has announced impressive results for…

FEICA announce's annual adhesives and sealants conference
Added: 19 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Marseille, France - FEICA, the Association of European Adhesives and Sealants…

Amtel-Vredestein debts, losses continue to mount ahead of take-over
Added: 18 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Enschede, Netherlands -- Amtel-Vredestein N.V. has reported hugely increased l…

Lanxess to move HQ out of Bayer site
Added: 18 Aug 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG is seeking a new site for its headquarters, …

Automakers allow suppliers to raise prices
Added: 18 Aug 2008
By Robert Sherefkin and David Barkholz, Automotive News
Traverse City, Michigan - In a bow to inflat…

Michelin axes UK service centre and 200 jobs
Added: 18 Aug 2008
By James Chapelard
Manchester, UK -- Michelin UK has closed its Manchester shared services operation…

Schaeffler and Conti deal has key supporters
Added: 18 Aug 2008
By Douglas Bolduc and Bettina Mayer, Automotive News Europe
Top auto executives support a merger of …

ExxonMobil to cut AES jobs in US
Added: 18 Aug 2008
Akron, Ohio -- ExxonMobil Chemical said it will cut some jobs at its Advanced Elastomers Systems he…