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Tyre & Rubber conference to be held in Chennai in December

Added: 2 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Chennai, India -- Asian Tyre & Rubber Conference 2011 is due to be held from D…

Honeywell predicts major boom in US turbo-charger use by 2020

Added: 2 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (AN)

Traverse City, Michigan -- Turbo-charger use on US light vehicles will zoom to…

No bison for your simulated bison hunt? Then use a tyre

Added: 2 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tucson, Arizona -- Researchers at the University of Arizona are researching ho…

Gajah Tunggal reports strong growth in first half

Added: 1 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Jakarta, Indonesia -- Indonesian tyre maker PT. Gajah Tunggal Tbk has reported…

Michael Ellis appointed international director, Michelin Guides

Added: 1 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Boulogne, France - New Yorker Michael Ellis has been appointed international …

ARDL adds latex protein tests to portfolio

Added: 1 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Akron, Ohio - Akron Rubber Development Laboratory Inc. (ARDL) is to expand it…

Evonik completes sale of carbon black business

Added: 1 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Essen, Germany - Evonik Industries completed the divestment of its carbon bla…

Lanxess ups the price of chloroprene rubber

Added: 1 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Leverkusen, Germany -- Effective today (1 August), Lanxess AG has announced a …

News from elsewhere on the web (01 August 2011)

Added: 1 Aug 2011

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

India consumed more rubber in April

Added: 1 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, INdia -- India's Rubber Board has published the June issue of its pu…

PPE introduces new perfluoroelastomer

Added: 1 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Blackburn, UK - Precision Polymer Engineering has introduced a new perfluoroe…

Class action lawsuit filed against Magnum d'Or

Added: 1 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Wilmington, Delaware - A class action lawsuit has been filed in the US agains…

The people behind Freudenberg's innovations

Added: 1 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Weinheim. Germany -- Fingermops, bio-degradable nonwovens or high-tech compon…

Income up 25% in Q2 at Tenneco

Added: 1 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Lake Forest, Illinois - Automotive component maker Tenneco has reported secon…

ElringKlinger opens China plant for rubber-metal components

Added: 1 Aug 2011

By Steve Toloken, Crain staff (PN)

Dettingen, Germany -- German auto parts maker ElringKlinger AG h…

NR prices on Mon 1 August - still above $5

Added: 1 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract moved up by yen 4…

Vystar pursuing more opportunities for growth

Added: 1 Aug 2011

By Mike McNulty, Crain staff (R&PN)

Duluth, Georgia -- As Vystar Corp. prepares to embark on its big…

Specialty Tires plant fire injures six

Added: 1 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Indiana, Pennsylvania -- Three firefighters and three employees were treated …

After slow period, Japan's product pipeline is full

Added: 1 Aug 2011

By Mark Rechtin and Lindsay Chappell, Crain staff report (AN)

Tokyo -- What with the earthquake, a s…

Editorial: Goodyear, Conti trade secret case to have big impact

Added: 1 Aug 2011

(From the July 25, 2011, issue of Rubber & Plastics News)

Akron, Ohio -- If there's one thing that's…