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Acquisition makes Cabot world leader in activated carbon

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Boston, Massachusetts -- Cabot Corp. is to buy Norit N.V., the global leader i…

Cordiant to invest in Omsk region

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Omsk, Russia -- Russian tyre maker Cordiant is to invest more than euro 240 mi…

Toyo consolidates non-tyre business unit

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Osaka, Japan -- Toyo Tire & Rubber is re-structuring its non-tyre business uni…

Jama releases automotive data book

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Japan's federation of vehicle makers JAMA has published it's annual d…

Gevo to make bio-isobutanol in Malaysia

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Englewood, Colorado -- Gevo, Inc. is planning to build a cellulosic biomass is…

H&M closing Ohio plant, costing 84 jobs

Added: 21 Jun 2012

H&M closing Ohio plant, costing 84 jobs

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Kent, Ohio -- H&M Rubber Co. Inc.'s p…

Getting beyond Chinese hospitality

Added: 21 Jun 2012

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

Shanghai, China -- Chinese people - like people the world over - like to ma…

Tyre markets eased into May - Pirelli

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Milan, Italy -- Pirelli has updated its website with tyre sales in different …

Freudenberg posts record sales in India

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Bangalore, India - Freudenberg's sales in India rose to Rs 9560 million (euro…

News from elsewhere on the web (21 June 2012)

Added: 21 Jun 2012

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

Goodyear names Europe commercial VP

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (TB)

Brussels -- Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe has appointed 11-year company veteran…

EChA names more chemicals for potential registration

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Helsink - EChA, the European Chemicals Agency charged with implementing REACH…

NR prices ease over the week

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

London - Rubber prices eased again over the week. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, p…

CRIA releases tyre prices in June

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- The China Rubber Industry Association has published the selling pr…

Lanxess opens local office In Turkey

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

/Istanbull, Turkey - Lanxess AG has opened a new subsidiary in Istanbul calle…

Michelin launches bond issue

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Luxembourg - Michelin has launched a bond issue worth around euro 400 million…

Yokohama continues with WTCC supply contract

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., is to supply its global flagship brand …

German glove condom maker to use Vystar materials

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Atlanta, Georgia - Vystar Corp and Ritex Gummiwarenfabrik GmbH, a German cond…

BMW's M6 to run exclusively on MIchelins

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Clermont-Ferrand, France -- From its market launch in summer 2012, the BMW M6…

Nizhnekamskshina exhibited coloured tyres at Reifen

Added: 21 Jun 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Essen, Germany -- The tyre unit of OAO Tatneft presented their products at Re…