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Solvay adding fluoropolymers to China plant
Added: 27 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Brussels -- Solvay S.A. will spend $170 million to build a fluoropolymers pl…

Solutia raises prices for Santoflex
Added: 24 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
St Louis, Missouri -- Solutia Inc is raising prices of its Santoflex products …

Omnova announces price increases for Pliocord
Added: 24 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Villejust, France -- Omnova Solutions announces a price increase of up to 5 pe…

News from elsewhere on the web (24 June 2011)
Added: 24 Jun 2011
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ANRPC affirms May forecasts
Added: 24 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries would li…

Elastomers in defence web-seminar set for this afternoon
Added: 24 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - The UK Materials Knowledge Transfer Network (MaterialsKTN) is to hold…

Yokohama plants 13,000 trees as part of GreenWave
Added: 24 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has said that its 23 domestic and overs…

Tokyo NR prices rebound
Added: 24 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract were stable overn…

Goodyear-Dunlop issues tyre safety video ahead of EU holiday season
Added: 24 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- About 74 percent of European holidaymakers are travelling by car t…

Sibur Russian Tyres wins best exporter award
Added: 24 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow -- Sibur - Russian Tyres has won a 'top exporter' award from the Rusian…

Russia's Sibur sets ambitious goals for China with NBR, IIR
Added: 23 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (EPN)
Russian petrochemical giant Sibur has announced plans to 'significantly' incr…

Goodyear ordered to pay $22 million in asbestos case
Added: 23 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York -- The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Goodyear Canada have been…

Stamford Tyre earnings jump 41% in 12 months
Added: 23 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Stamford Tyres Corp. Ltd said net profit for the 12 months ended …

News from elsewhere on the web (23 June 2011)
Added: 23 Jun 2011
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Soaring BR prices may trigger switch to NR - ICIS
Added: 23 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- International analysts, ICIS are reporting that Asian tyre makers…

Yiyang shows internal mixers
Added: 23 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tianjin, China -- Yiyang Rubber Machinery reportedly showed internal mixers in…

MRF declares lockout at Kottayam tyre factory
Added: 23 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai -- Indian tyre maker MRF Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange tha…

Tokyo NR prices sink to $4.46
Added: 23 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract moved down by yen…

NASDAQ suspends ShengdaTech shares
Added: 23 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China -- Shares of ShengdaTech, a Chinese manufacturer of calcium ca…

JSR employees support earthquake relief efforts
Added: 23 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- JSR Corp. is supporting its employees' volunteer activities by using …