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Dunlop strengthens motorsport team

Added: 11 Aug 2011

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Birmingham UK -- Goodyear Dunlop has announced two new leadership appointments…

Apollo sees sales up by 55% in Q1

Added: 11 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres reported a 55 percent increase in sales in the …

Sales and net profits rise in Q1 for Yokohama

Added: 11 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., said net income in the three months to …

Q2 demand for rubber drives Lanxess results higher

Added: 11 Aug 2011

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Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG has lifted its full-year guidance for 2011 af…

Think Pink! Radar sidewalls to highlight breast cancer

Added: 11 Aug 2011

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New York -- Singapore-based Omni United has announced plans to launch a limite…

News from elsewhere on the web (11 August 2011)

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

NR prices rebound again on Thursday

Added: 11 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Rubber prices stabilised somewhat overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Excha…

Kraton expands isoprene capabilities

Added: 11 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Houston, Texas -- Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. has completed its multimi…

Yokohama Australia wins ISO14001

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Tokyo - Yokohama's tyre sales company in Australia, Yokohama Tyre Australia Pt…

Avon wins another US defence contract

Added: 11 Aug 2011

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Melksham, UK -- Avon Protection has announced that it has been awarded a 3 yea…

Michelin saves energy with ABB motors

Added: 11 Aug 2011

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Paris -- Michelin is reducing energy consumption at its plant in Valladolid in…

iSmithers announces dates for silicones conference

Added: 11 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Portland, Maine -- iSmithers is extending its European conference on Silicone …

Union concerned about possible closure of Manuli factory

Added: 10 Aug 2011

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

Ascoli Piceno, Italy -- Union leaders at Manuli Rubber's hose factory in As…

Cooper-Standard to add hose, body seals plant in Romania

Added: 10 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Novi, Michigan -- Cooper Standard today announced plans to establish a new man…

Heitmann to lead Lanxess for another five years

Added: 10 Aug 2011

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Leverkusen, Germany -- Dr. Axel Heitmann has been re-affirmed as chairman of L…

US pilots warned about failing Goodyear inner tubes

Added: 10 Aug 2011

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Washington DC -- US pilots are being warned to check for possible failures of …

TPC prepares detailed butadiene plan

Added: 10 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Houston, Texas -- TPC Group Inc. has approved funding for the next phase of en…

Hankook confirms interest in Indonesia's P.T. Multistrada

Added: 10 Aug 2011

By Bruce Davis, Crain staff (TB)

Jakarta, Indonesia -- Hankook Tire Co. Ltd., which recently broke g…

News from elsewhere on the web (10 August 2011)

Added: 10 Aug 2011

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

Chinese NR imports rose in July, SR imports fell

Added: 10 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- Imports of natural rubber, including latex in the first seven month…