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NR prices unchanged
Added: 14 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved up slightly overnight.
On Tok…

Goodyear Blimp safety tour cut short after fatal accident in Germany
Added: 13 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Reichelsheim Airfield, Germany -- The pilot of Goodyear's Spirit of Safety air…

Goodyear deal worth $1800 milllion to Hyosung
Added: 13 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Hyosung Corp said the long-term steelcord supply contract with…

Sinorgchem breaks gound on insoluble sulphur plant
Added: 13 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Taizhou, China - Sinorgchem has broken ground on a plant to make 5000 tonnes/y…

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

Styrene industry opposes 'unwarranted' carcinogen listing
Added: 13 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Arlington, Virginia -- Styrene Information and Research Center (SIRC), Executi…

ACS seeks nominations for awards including Charles Goodyear medal
Added: 13 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- The ACS Rubber Division is seeking nominations for six Science …

Gajah Tunggal to invest $2bn in five years - report
Added: 13 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jakarta -- Bloomberg reports that Indonesian tyre maker Gajah Tunggal plans to…

Hankook recalls tyres in China -report
Added: 13 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- China's quality watchdog discovered quality issues with Hankook tyr…

NR prices ease in Tokyo
Added: 13 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved down over the weekend.
On Tok…

Retired IISRP head Richard "Dick" Killian dies at 72
Added: 13 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- Richard J. “Dick†Killian, 72, the first managing dire…

Hyosung buys Goodyear's global steelcord business
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has agreed to sell its globa…

Denka raises prices for CR
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K.(Denka) said it is increasing prices of its po…

China NR imports rose in May
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- China's imports of natural rubber rose, while imports of synthetic …

ERJ seeks information from Rubber Compounders - Last chance today
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- In our next issue, ERJ intends to report on the European rubber comp…

Malaysia's NR ouput was up in April
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia's production of natural rubber (NR) recorded 62,363 t…

Hankook breaks ground on Indonesia tyre plant
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Bekasi, Indonesia -- Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. has broken ground on a $353 million…

News from elsewhere on the web (10 June 2011)
Added: 10 Jun 2011
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Apollo sets up Mid-east hub in Dubai
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dubai --Apollo Tyres Ltd, has announced its plans for the Middle East market a…

Conti to add 10 percent output this year
Added: 10 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover -- Continental's passenger car tyre unit will produce about 124 milli…