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Setzer reshuffles Conti's PLT management
Added: 27 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany - Continental AG has announced management changes to its pass…

DuPont raises prices for Viton, CR
Added: 27 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva, May 26th, 2011. DuPont Performance Polymers has announced price increa…

Engel to show Elast technology at Plastpol
Added: 27 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kielce, Poland - Engel will for the first time show its Elast technologies at …

NR prices remain unchanged
Added: 27 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges rose marginally overnight.
On Toky…

Michelin US increases prices on truck tyres, retreads
Added: 27 May 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Greenville, South Carolina - Due to increasing raw material prices, Michelin N…

Saab plans to restart production today, report says
Added: 27 May 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Stockholm (Reuters) -- Saab plans to restart its production line in Sweden on …

Conti's Mexican tread rubber plant begins shipments
Added: 27 May 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Morelia, Mexico - Continental Tire the Americas (CTA) has begun shipping flat …

Marangoni retreads return to Benelux
Added: 27 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Rovereto, Italy - Marangoni Retreading Systems is pleased to announce its retu…

Growth of global NR output to decline in Q2: ANRPC
Added: 26 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur - Following a decrease in NR prices in recent weeks, the Associat…

News from elsewhere on the web (26 May 2011)
Added: 26 May 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Styrene industry wants styrene removed from potential carcinogen listing
Added: 26 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC - The US styrene industry has appealed to the US Secretary of He…

Tanaka to head Yokohama Tire
Added: 26 May 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Fullerton, California - Yasushi Tanaka, who has worked for Yokohama Rubber C…

NR prices remain unchanged
Added: 26 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges eased slightly overnight.
On Tokyo'…

Pirelli launches F1 blog
Added: 26 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy - Pirelli has launched a blog which gives “a behind the scenes …

NHTSA publishes final rule for fuel economy labels on cars
Added: 25 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC --The US-based NHTSA together with the Environmental Protection…

Italian Manuli plant to close
Added: 25 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Ascoli Piceno, Italy - Manuli Rubber's plant in Ascoli Piceno, Italy is facin…

Gladstone Investment announces financial results
Added: 25 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Mclean, Virginia - Gladstone Investment Corporation, which invested $16.4 mil…

Michelin forms urban mobility partnership
Added: 25 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Paris -- Michelin is to partner with the City on the Move Institute (IVM), th…

Titan announces management change
Added: 25 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Quincy, Illinois -- Jeff Vasichek, Titan's vice president of sales and marke…

CRIA compares Chinese tyre prices for May by region
Added: 25 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Beijing - China Rubber Industry Association has posted reference prices for t…