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Conti continued strong growth in 2011

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Hannover, Germany - Continental's rubber group reported sales up by 20 percent…

Sibur sells Voronezh tyre plant to Pirelli JV

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Moscow - Pirelli & C. SpA and Russian Technologies have finalised the transfer…

Lanxess raises CR prices... again

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess has announced yet another worldwide price increa…

Lanxess signs C4 supply deal for Singapore BR plant

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Singapore, Leverkusen - Lanxess will break ground for its new neodymium polyb…

Cooper to work with Yulex' Guayule material

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Findlay, Ohio - Cooper Tire & Rubber is to work with Yulex Corp to try and com…

NR prices show little change on Thursday

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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London -- Rubber prices showed little change overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Excha…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 March 2012)

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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

Bridgestone pushes latest winter tyres

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Brussels - Just as the weak 2011/2012 Winter season ends, Bridgestone is pushi…

Michelin pushes latest Alpin winter tyres

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Paris - Michelin is premiering its Pilot Alpin and Latitude Alpin, two winter …

Nokian claims wins in two tyre tests

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Nokia, Finland - Nokian reports success in two recent tyre tests.

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Trelleborg completes sale of French automotive unit

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Clermont, France - Trelleborg has completed the divestment of its operation th…

Kraton makes a net loss for the year

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Houston, Texas - Kraton sold 62 kt of its styrenic block copolymer products in…

Russian tyre market studied

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Dublin, Ireland -- TechSci Research has published a new report titled, Russia…

Kraton says modified asphalt shows exceptional performance

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Houston, Texas - Kraton says the results of an industry-standard test for high…

US distributor backing new Vietnamese tyre plant

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Bin Duong Province, Vietnam - Vietnam's J.S.C. Southern Rubber Industry (Ca…

Momentive expanding plant, center in India

Added: 1 Mar 2012

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Albany, New York - Silicone and advanced materials provider Momentive Perfor…

ANRPC revises upwards NR output for 2011

Added: 29 Feb 2012

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Kuala Lumpur - The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) h…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 Feb 2012)

Added: 29 Feb 2012

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

EVO magazine publishes tyre test results

Added: 29 Feb 2012

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Bedford, UK - The UK high performance motoring magazine EVO has published the …

EChA seeks comments on 13 more substances of Very high concern

Added: 29 Feb 2012

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Helsinki, Finland - EChA, the European Chemicals Agency charged with implement…