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NR prices remain stable overnight
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract recovered fractio…

EU lifts sanctions on Côte d'Ivoire rubber group
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Brussels - The European Union has lifted the remaining restrictions on the CÃ…

European butadiene market studied
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- GlobalData has published a new report titled, Europe Butadi…

IRCO looks back on 10 years of tri-partite agreement
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bangkok - Darmansyah Basyaruddin, CEO of the International Rubber Consortium L…

Electric vehicle breaks speed record for hill climb using Yokohamas
Added: 28 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has beaten its previous record in the 2…

TSRC, IOC, Marubeni to build 200kt SR plant in India - report
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Taipei, Taiwan -- Taiwanese newspapers are reporting that TSRC Corp., Indian O…

Hutchinson works with Elevance on renewable additives
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bolingbrook, Illinois -- Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. and Paris-based Hut…

News from elsewhere on the web (27 June 2011)
Added: 27 Jun 2011
(30 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Goodyear will appeal $22 million N.Y. asbestos verdicts
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
New York -- Goodyear said it will appeal verdicts totaling $22 million against…

The scramble for scarce tyres
Added: 27 Jun 2011
By David Sedgwick
and Mike Colias
Automotive News
North American automakers are strugg…

Henniges Automotive to build headquarters in Auburn Hills
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (CDB)
Farmington Hills, Illinois -- Farmington Hills-based auto supplier Henniges A…

Dr Kamarul to become ANRPC secretary general
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Kuala Lumpur -- Dato' Dr Kamarul Baharain Bin Basir will be secretary general…

Aeolus' passenger car tyre plant to come on stream 3 months early - report
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jiaozuo City, China -- Aeolus Tyre is building a new 5m unit/year car tyre pla…

Asahi Kasei breaks ground on 50ktpa S-SBR plant in Singapore
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Jurong Island, Singapore - Asahi Kasei Chemicals held a 22 June groundbreakin…

Cooper studying Trayal acquisition - reports
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Serbia -- Reports from Serbia suggest that Cooper Tire is interested in buying…

NR prices drop sharply over weekend
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract dropped by 11 yen…

Goodyear Orient MD Peter Tan to retire after 39 years
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Singapore -- Peter Tan, managing director of Goodyear Orient Company (Pvt) Lt…

Rubber compounding with silica - theory and practice
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Elsevier Science and Technology has re-published a 2007repo…

ECHA elects new deputy chair of management board
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Helsinki - The European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA) management board elected Ma…

ViaMichelin Travel revamps website
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Boulogne, France - ViaMichelin Travel has launched an updated website which m…