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News from elsewhere on the web (27 Sept 2011)

Added: 27 Sep 2011

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

Sibur to make decision on Kirov tyre plant today - report

Added: 27 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kirov, Russia -- Today, the board of directors will consider the plan to buy t…

Schaeffler to become joint stock company - Schaeffler AG

Added: 27 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Herzogenaurach, Germany -- The Supervisory Board of Schaeffler GmbH, chaired b…

India's rubber output increases

Added: 27 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, India -- Rubber Board Chairman Smt. Sheela Thomas has said that the …

Tyre Expo set for Panama City in July 2012

Added: 27 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Miami, Florida -- Organisers of the Latin American & CaribbeanTyre Expo 2012 s…

Michelin, Goodyear win tyre contracts from US DoD

Added: 27 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Columbus, Ohio -- The US Defense Logistics Agency has awarded two large contra…

UK's RAC calls for winter tyre swap

Added: 27 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- The UK motoring organisation RAC is calling for UK drivers to swap t…

Rubber prices rebound on 27 September

Added: 27 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Rubber prices rebounded overnight, though did not recover all the lo…

Subaru to recall China vehicles due to faulty windscreen wiper motors

Added: 27 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection a…

Think Pink! Bridgestone colours its balls for breast cancer

Added: 27 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Covington, Georgia -- Bridgestone Golf aims to raise support for breast cancer…

Editorial: Value of Chinese tyre import duties subject to debate

Added: 27 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Akron, Ohio -- The impact of two years of restrictive tariffs on Chinese-mad…

Cabot on expansion campaign

Added: 27 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Boston, Massachusetts -- Cabot Corp. is in the midst of major global carbon …

Lanxess to convert Geleen EPDM production to ACE

Added: 26 Sep 2011

Geleen, Netherlands -- Lanxess AG is investing EUR 12 million to convert 50 percent of its ethylene…

Elastopôle invests Euro 50m in R&D & promotion of French rubber industry

Added: 26 Sep 2011

By Louise McHenry, ERJ staff

Orleans, France -- French rubber and

polymer association Elastopôle spe…

Rubber prices fall over 10% on 26 September

Added: 26 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Rubber prices in arounhd the world fell further over the weekend, w…

CRIA expects consolidation in tyre industry in wake of WTO tariff ruling

Added: 26 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- China China's Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) has expressed disa…

India produced more rubber in June

Added: 26 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, India -- India's production of rubber -- both synthetic and natural …

Michelin 'solarises' OTR tyre plant in France

Added: 26 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Puy-en-Velay, France -- Group Michelin has installed 17,000 solar panels on th…

News from elsewhere on the web (26 Sept 2011)

Added: 26 Sep 2011

(18 items)

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

Lanxess to present at today's Intelligent Tire conference

Added: 26 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Darmstadt, Germany -- Executives from Lanxess will present two papers at the …