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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
(20 items)
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…