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Ohio EPA helping in salvage yard scrap tyre clean up

Added: 3 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Ashtabula, Ohio - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is helping As…

Press maker Cosmos opens new China factory

Added: 3 Jun 2011

By Steve Toloken, Crain staff (PN)

Guangzhou, China -- China's Cosmos Machinery Ltd., one of the c…

Freudenberg makes changes to management board

Added: 2 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Weinheim, Germany -- . Freudenberg Group's Board of Partners has appointed Dr.…

News from elsewhere on the web (02 June 2011)

Added: 2 Jun 2011

(11 items)

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

Yokohama to use prototype BluEarth tyres at EV hill climb event

Added: 2 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., said its entry in the 2011 Pikes Peak I…

Bridgestone Europe to raise tyre prices

Added: 2 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- Bridgestone Europe has announced a new round of price increases ac…

Saab receives another cash boost from new China partner

Added: 2 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (AN)

Stockholm -- Saab has received another cash boost from its new China partner P…

California EPA orders recycler to remove tyres

Added: 2 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

San Francisco, California -- The US Environmental Protection Agency is orderin…

NR prices ease slightly

Added: 2 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges rmoved downward overnight on very …

Jyco promotes TPV weatherstrips

Added: 2 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Ann Arbor, Michigan -- Jyco Sealing Technologies said it is enjoying a boom in…

Ford promotes tyre pressure gauges - even with TPMS

Added: 2 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dearborn, Michigan -- Ford is reccommending that motorists use a pressure gaug…

Mitas introducing 13 sizes in row-crop ag tyres

Added: 2 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Prague, Czech Republic - Mitas Tires is introducing Mitas-brand tyres in 13 si…

Zeon raises prices for NBR - again

Added: 1 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Duesseldorf, Germany -- Zeon Europ GmbH has announced a price increase for its…

Bridgestone to make hydraulic hoses in China

Added: 1 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. said its subsidiary, Changzhou Bridgestone Flowtech…

Lanxess to build 140 kt plant for Nd-BR in Singapore

Added: 1 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Singapore -- Lanxess AG has selected Singapore as the site for its new neodymi…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 June 2011)

Added: 1 Jun 2011

(11 items)

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

Ashland pays $3.2b for International Specialty Products

Added: 1 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (PN)

Covington, Kentucky -- Ashland Inc. is paying $3.2 billion in cash for Interna…

Goodyear declares force majeure on butadiene-related products

Added: 1 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has declared force majeure on its chemical products-…

Japanese buyers of Winter tyres prefer Michelin

Added: 1 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Michelin has come out top in the 2011 J.D. Power Asia Pacific Japan W…

Italy raises concerns about safety of Chinese plastics and rubber machinery

Added: 1 Jun 2011

By Steve Toloken, Crain staff (PN)

Guangzhou, China -- An Italian government investigation has found…