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Hexpol completes restructuring following acquisition of Excel

Added: 15 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Stockholm -- Hexpol AB has completed its integration of Excel Polymers Group. …

Aditya Birla sees carbon black volumes up 32 percent in Q1

Added: 15 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

New Delhi, India -- The Aditya Birla group has reported strong growth in group…

SBR capacity in China analysed

Added: 15 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- China is increasing capacity for styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR). As…

NR prices show little change over the weekend

Added: 15 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Rubber prices moved up slightly over the weekend. On Tokyo's Tocom …

Cooper gets $1.5M DOE grant for fuel-effiency technology

Added: 15 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Washington DC -- The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Cooper Tire & Rubbe…

Global SBR business studied

Added: 15 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Merchant Research and Consulting Ltd. has published a new r…

Brityrex 2012 moves to new venue in Manchester

Added: 15 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Manchester, UK -- Organisers of the UK-based tyre aftermarket show, Brityrex, …

ACS Rubber Division holding course Aug. 16

Added: 15 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Akron, Ohio -- The ACS Rubber Division will be hosting a seminar Aug. 16 (to…

Sumitomo's earnings down, sales up 6.7%

Added: 12 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Kobe, Japan -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. suffered drops in operating a…

News from elsewhere on the web (12 August 2011)

Added: 12 Aug 2011

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

Dunlop India makes a loss in Q1 on doubled sales

Added: 12 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

New Delhi, India -- Troubled tyre maker Dunlop India has posted a net loss of …

China forecasts high import tariffs to enter EU

Added: 12 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- China's Ministry of Commerce has warned that the EU may raise tarif…

Guilin launches hydraulic tyre curing press

Added: 12 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Shanghai, China -- Guilin Rubber Machinery has introduced an hydraulic tyre cu…

More Saab suppliers could request automaker be declared bankrupt

Added: 12 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (AN)

Stockholm, Sweden -- Some European suppliers are preparing to demand Swedish A…

NR prices unchanged on Friday

Added: 12 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Rubber prices remained almost unchanged overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom…

Goodyear developing self-inflating tyre technology

Added: 11 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Akron. Ohio -- Goodyear is developing a technology which can self-inflate an u…

Sales, profits up at Cooper-Standard

Added: 11 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Novi, Michigan -- Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., the parent company of Cooper …

Butamax sues Gevo over alleged patent infringement

Added: 11 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Wilmington, Delaware -- Butamax Advanced Biofuels, LLC today announced the fil…

Airboss of America reports record earnings in Q1, H1

Added: 11 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Newmarket, Ontario -- AirBoss of America Inc. has reported record earnings for…

Electric Bluebird car aims for speed record this weekend

Added: 11 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Pendine Sands, Wales -- This weekend (13th and 14th August), Bluebird will fl…