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Tokai Rubber's Q1 results down on earthquake impact

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- In the three months to 30 June 2011, Tokai Rubber Industries reported…

China imposes controls on scrap tyres

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- New rules on imported solid waste came into force in China from 1 A…

News from elsewhere on the web (08 August 2011)

Added: 8 Aug 2011

(13 items)

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

Triangle confirms 2-year halobutyl deal with Lanxess

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Weihai, Shandong -- Triangle Tire has confirmed the announcement made two week…

World carbon black market studied

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

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

NR prices on 8 August - sharply down on stock market falls

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract moved …

US market a 'tale of 2 cities' - Bridgestone exec

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

By Bruce Davis, Tire Business staff

Akron, Ohio -- The US tyre marketplace is a…

54.5 mpg: A supplier bonanza

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (AN)

Traverse City, Michigan -- To suppliers, the federal proposal to hit corporate…

How Obama's compromises make new CAFE a smaller leap

Added: 8 Aug 2011

By Neil Roland, Crain staff (AN)

Washington DC -- When is 54.5 mpg actually about 40 mpg? When it's …

Double-dip recession? Not in this (US) auto boom

Added: 8 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (AN)

Traverse City, Michigan -- Somebody forgot to tell the auto industry that the …

Synthos investigating new S-SBR / Nd-BR plant

Added: 5 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

London - Synthos SA is understood to be developing plans for a new plant to …

Hankook kicks off 2011/2012 football season

Added: 5 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Neu-Isenburg/Germany -- Tyre manufacturer Hankook has said it is adhering to …

Cooper Standard appoints Bill Pumphrey to North American president

Added: 5 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Novi, Michigan -- Cooper Standard has appointed Bill Pumphrey to president of…

News from elsewhere on the web (05 August 2011)

Added: 5 Aug 2011

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

NR prices on 5 August - little change despite stockmarket meltdown

Added: 5 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract remain…

H.B. Chemical joins IISRP

Added: 5 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Houston, Texas -- H.B. Chemical, a US-based distributor of synthetic rubber…

Nokian sales up 40%; profits double in H1

Added: 4 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Nokia, Finland -- Nokian Tyres group's net sales increased by 41.4 percent to …

Cooper struggles with sluggish earnings, unit sales

Added: 4 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s net income nosedived 71.2 percent …

Conti wins Mercedes OE fitments

Added: 4 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hanover, Germany -- Continental has received two new original equipment approv…

China publishes tyre selling prices in July

Added: 4 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- The China Rubber Industries Association (CRIA) has published its mo…