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Shanghai researchers develop puncture-proof tyre

Added: 10 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Shanghai, China -- A Shanghai research unit has reportedly developed a punctur…

Farrel to hold mixing seminar in Kansas

Added: 10 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Topeka, Kansas -- HF Mixing Group is hosting its third International Mixing Se…

Hangzhou Zhongce expects 25 percent sales growth in 2011

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing - Chinese tyre maker Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Company expects to finis…

Nishikawa Rubber posts Q1 loss on earthquake effects

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - Nishikawa Rubber has posted an operating loss on increased sales in th…

China's retreading activity set to expand - report

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing - A long report on China Economic website quotes Zhu Jun, head of Chin…

Sales down, but profits up for Zeon in Q1

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - Zeon Corp has reported a decrease in sales, but higher profits in the …

News from elsewhere on the web (09 August 2011)

Added: 9 Aug 2011

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

NR prices sink further - around $4.60

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Rubber prices have been sinking sharply in the wake of stock market…

Daikin building fluoroelastomer plant in China

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Osaka, Japan - Daikin Industries Ltd. plans to build a $38.2 million fluoroe…

Bridgestone re-shuffles management in Japan

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - Bridgestone has made some changes in management responsibility in Japa…

LEDs can stretch like rubber

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Los Angeles - Stretchable electronics, an emerging class of modern electronic …

Mitsuitargets synthetic leather market with olefin elastomer

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. has launched a syndiotactic elastomer called No…

CTS introduces oyster shells as sustainable filler to replace chalk

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Cholet, France - CTS compounds is using powdered oyster shells as a filler in …

Hankook sponsored UK equestrian event

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Daventry, UK - Hankook Tyres recently sponsored The UK's Royal International H…

Million pounds of scrap tyres removed in Alabama

Added: 9 Aug 2011

Crain News Service report (WRN)

Mobile, Alabama - More than a million pounds of scrap tyre materials…

Raw-material prices up 10-20 percent, survey says

Added: 9 Aug 2011

By David Sedgwick, Automotive News staff

Detroit, Michigan -- The cost of automotive raw materials …

Michelin honored as military tyre supplier

Added: 9 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Columbus, Ohio - The US military's Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has awarded…

Bridgestone's first half profits exceeds expectations

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp shrugged off the effects of the Japanese earthquake …

Bridgestone expands Tianjin car tyre plant

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to increase capacity for passenger car tyres at …

Bridgestone expands Wuxi car tyre plant

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to increase capacity for passenger car tyres at …