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NUMSA condemns sacking of 245 workers at Dunlop belt plant

Added: 5 Oct 2012

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KwaZulu, South Africa - Union bosses in South Africa have condemned the dismis…

NR prices end the week higher

Added: 5 Oct 2012

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London - Rubber prices rose somewhat over the week. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange,…

UK pre-orders for winter tyres hit record

Added: 5 Oct 2012

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London UK_based tyre retail chain ATS Euromaster says fleet customers have alr…

Westlake to distribute In Spain

Added: 5 Oct 2012

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London - Spanish tyre distributor Don Tyre SL is to distribute Westlake-brand …

Nizhnekamsk tyre plant wins environmental standard

Added: 5 Oct 2012

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Nizhnekamsk, Tartarstan - The truck tyre factory at Nizhnekamsk has been accre…

Toyo publishes financial fact book, annual report

Added: 5 Oct 2012

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Toyo has published a financial factbook for the year ended 31 March 2012. The …

Marsh joins Vystar board

Added: 5 Oct 2012

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Atlanta, Georgia -- D. Thomas "Tom" Marsh has joined Vystar's Board of Directo…

BR, SBR and ABS to fuel Asian demand for butadiene

Added: 5 Oct 2012

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Dublin, Ireland - GBI Research has published a new report titled, Butadiene As…

World BR market studied

Added: 5 Oct 2012

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Dublin, Ireland -- Merchant Research and Consulting Ltd has published a new re…

Fitzhenry to join Goodyear in communications role

Added: 5 Oct 2012

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Akron, Ohio -- Paul Fitzhenry has been named senior vice president of global…

European tyre market analysed

Added: 5 Oct 2012

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London - TechSci Research has published a new report titled, Europe Tyre Marke…

Worker death at Pirelli's plant in UK said to be suspicious

Added: 1 Oct 2012

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Carlisle, UK - A worker died last night (Sunday 30 Sept) at Pirelli's tyre fac…

Tariffs don't slow down Giti Tire

Added: 1 Oct 2012

By Bruce Meyer, Crain staff (R&PN)

Cleveland, Ohio -- Giti Tire Co. Ltd. didn't use the higher tarif…

Giti's Tan: China focus beyond low-labour costs

Added: 1 Oct 2012

By Allison Strouse, Crain staff (R&PN)

Cleveland, Ohio -- China, the world's largest producer of tyr…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 Oct 2012)

Added: 1 Oct 2012

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

China commentary on US tariffs - 2

Added: 1 Oct 2012

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Beijing - a second article published on the CRIA website notes that the effect…

China commentary on US tariffs - 1

Added: 1 Oct 2012

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Beijing - An article published in China says the US tariffs had the effect of …

NR prices drift downwards over the weekend

Added: 1 Oct 2012

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London - Rubber prices eased slightly over the weekend. On Tokyo's Tocom Excha…

Young ploughing winner drives on Mitas tyres

Added: 1 Oct 2012

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Prague - Stefan Esterbauer (29) won the gold medal in the 2012 World Champions…

Europe: It's 'a disaster' - Car executives

Added: 1 Oct 2012

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Paris -- As bad as European auto sales have been this year, they're about to g…