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Forbo sells unit to H.B. Fuller for $396M
Added: 4 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
BAAR, Switzerland (Jan. 3, 2012)-Forbo Group, of Forbo Holding Ltd., is sell…

Yokohama to raise US truck tyre prices Feb. 1
Added: 4 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Fullerton, California -- Yokohama Tire Corp. will increase prices up to 8 perc…

APT distributing CR in Mid-East regions
Added: 4 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dubai, UAE -- International trading company Advanced Polymer Trading (APT), is…

Not sure what this means, but it mentions rubber
Added: 4 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cyberspace -- The jargon used in the software development community becomes ev…

Goodyear Dunlop announces new strategic appointments
Added: 3 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Brussels - Goodyear Dunlop has announced two new senior appointments within i…

Zorge adds Injection moulding capacity in Hungary
Added: 3 Jan 2012
Katwijk, Netherlands -- Family-held Zorge Industrie BV has increased capacity for rubber injection …

India's Rubber consumption fell in September
Added: 3 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottayam, India -- India's consumption of rubber declined in September 2011, c…

German ministry finds PAH in 10 percent of tyres
Added: 3 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mainz, Germany -- The environment agency of the Rheinland-Pfalz region of Germ…

CRIA forecasts difficult times ahead
Added: 3 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing, China -- In his New Year message, Fan Rende, head of the China Rubber…

China's tyre makers nervous about 2012
Added: 3 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing, China -- China's tyre makers are not optimistic about the coming year…

News from elsewhere on the web (03 Jan 2012)
Added: 3 Jan 2012
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Good tyre maintenance can save truckers up to €8,000 per vehicle per year - Volvo
Added: 3 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hällered, Sweden -- A fuel economy test by Volvo Trucks shows that tyres mak…

Carlisle Companies completes PDT sale
Added: 3 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Carlisle Companies Inc. has completed the sale of…

China tyre industry reviews 2011
Added: 3 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing, China -- A review of 2011 on the website of the China Rubber Industry…

NR Prices unchanged overnight
Added: 3 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices remained unchanged overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchang…

China to maintain NR tariffs in 2012
Added: 3 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing, China -- China is to maintain import tariffs on natural rubber at the…

News from elsewhere on the web (02 Jan 2012)
Added: 2 Jan 2012
(37 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bekaert buys controlling stake in Latin America JV
Added: 2 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kortrijk, Belgium -- Bekaert and its partners in Chile have restructured their…

Yokohama publishes CSR report in English
Added: 2 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., published the English-language print an…

Huntsman buys Turkish PU systems house
Added: 2 Jan 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
The Woodlands, Texas -- Huntsman Corp. has acquired EMA Kimya Sistemleri Sanay…