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Hankook to hike US commercial tyre prices
Added: 24 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
By Tire Business Staff
Wayne, New Jersey -- Hankook Tire America Corp. will rai…

Japan's JAMA revises vehicle demand forecast downward
Added: 21 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Japan's vehicle demand is now expected to be lower than previous esti…

Resorcinol listed in EChA's draft Evaluation plan
Added: 21 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- EChA has today submitted the first draft Community rollin…

Bridgestone updates mid-term management plan
Added: 21 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp has set a return on Assets target of 6 percent for 2…

Hexpol to add mixing line in Qingdao as sales, profits double
Added: 21 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm -- Sales and operating profits at Hexpol AB almost doubled in the th…

News from elsewhere on the web (21 Oct 2011)
Added: 21 Oct 2011
(16 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

CRIA to industrialise Eucommia ulmoides for Gutta-Percha production
Added: 21 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- China is to investigate the use of the tree species, Eucommia ulmoi…

CRIA publishes October prices of rubber materials in China
Added: 21 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- The China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) has published a compre…

London Olympic Authority opens rubber-covered footbridge
Added: 21 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- London's Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced the completion o…

Gislaved to make gaskets for Alfa-Laval
Added: 21 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Qingdao, China -- Alfa Laval will outsource its own manufacturing of OEM gaske…

China releases tyre pricing data for October
Added: 21 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- The China Rubber Industry Association has published the selling pri…

Keyuan saw 2010 revenues up seven-fold
Added: 21 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ningbo, China -- Chinese plastics supplier, Keyuan Petrochemicals Inc. said it…

NR prices recover slightly after sharp falls earlier in week
Added: 21 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices recovered slightly after sharp falls earlier this week…

Hunter Boot branches out into fashion
Added: 21 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York -- Huinter Boots, which started out making high quality rubber boots …

Kumho bows out as F3 Euro Series race tyre supplier
Added: 21 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Frankfurt, Germany -- The Formula 3 Euro Series is negotiating a new race tyre…

Mixed picture for tyre markets in September
Added: 20 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli has confirmed the sharp drop reported earlier this wee…

Analysis of Kumho's Chinese mixing disaster published
Added: 20 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tianjin, China -- Earlier this year, a Chinese national TV programme exposed p…

Dana develops 2-K wiring moulding in Vamac and polyamide
Added: 20 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Friedrichshafen, Germany -- A new electronic connector gasket from Dana integr…

Chinese government nominates lead rubber institutions
Added: 20 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- As part of the Chinese Ministry of Science's research and developme…

Rubbertech China; Reifen China expect 10 000 international visitors
Added: 20 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China -- The 11th International Exhibition on Rubber Technology Rubb…