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NR prices ease around the world
Added: 20 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices around the world eased overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exch…

Sumitomo christens 2nd Chinese tyre plant
Added: 20 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Changshan, China -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. has inaugurated production…

Goodyear's airship to be used for Olympics filming
Added: 20 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - US broadcaster NBC is to use Goodyear's airship as a camera platform …

ETIC joins IISRP as affiliate member
Added: 20 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- Elastomer Technology Intelligence Consulting Inc. has join…

Russia plans to implement 'REACH' regulation
Added: 19 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Moscow - HaloPolymer, a Russia producer of fluoropolymer products, said it to…

Lanxess strengthens ties with Chinese tyre industry
Added: 19 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess signed, 13 July, a letter of intent with the Ch…

Profit up 25% at Hexpol on sales of Euro 305m
Added: 19 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Malmo, Sweden - Hexpol has reported that its second quarter 2012 sales grew b…

Trelleborg publishes interim report, Q2 sales up 2%
Added: 19 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg AB has posted second quarter 2012 net sales o…

India's Govind Rubber, Mewat Tyre merging
Added: 19 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tyre Business staff report
Mumbai, India -- Indian tyre maker Govind Rubber Ltd…

Delticom revenues fall on weak summer tyre market
Added: 19 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany - Delticom, Europe's largest online tyre retailer declared lo…

CGS/Mitas fiscal '11 sales up, earnings down
Added: 19 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Prague -- CGS Holding a.s., parent of tyre maker Mitas a.s., reported 28.5-per…

US agency offers funds to combat child labour in Liberia
Added: 19 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Rubber & Plastics News Staff Report
Washington, DC -- The US Department of Lab…

NR prices recover after yesterday's losses
Added: 19 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices dipped shaply overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, pri…

News from elsewhere on the web (19 July 2012)
Added: 19 Jul 2012
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

US tyre buyers “not interested in rolling resistanceâ€
Added: 18 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
New England, United States - Purchasers of tyres in the US are 'not interested…

Titan seeks to gain control of Titan Europe (again)
Added: 18 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Titan Europe has confirmed that it has been approached once more by T…

NR prices ease sharply overnight
Added: 18 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices dipped sharply overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, pr…

News from elsewhere on the web (18 July 2012)
Added: 18 Jul 2012
(5 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

ITC's tackifying resin investigation to take 16 months
Added: 18 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC - The US-based International Trade Commission has set a date of …

Federal-Mogul to close wiper blade plant
Added: 18 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Michigan City, Indiana -- Federal-Mogul plans to close its Michigan City wip…