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Conti opens dynamics pad at Texas test track

Added: 24 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Uvalde, Texas, -- Continental Tire The Americas has inaugurated its new test s…

Conti NA names Etzel as Schoenberg's replacement

Added: 24 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Fort Mill, South Carolina -- Continental Tire the Americas (CTA) said that ef…

Zeon sees sales rise in 2010, but expects profits to fall this year

Added: 24 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Zeon Corp said sales for its elastomers division in the 12 months to …

Detroit 3 make big gains in US supplier survey

Added: 24 May 2011

ERJ staff report (AN)

Detroit, Michigan -- The Detroit 3 didn't spend the past two years just cleani…

NR prices rebound

Added: 24 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges rose once more overnight.

On Tokyo'…

Titan raises fiscal forecast; eyes more acquisitions

Added: 24 May 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Quincy, Illinois - Titan International Inc. continues to evaluate opportunitie…

Indian Rubber Board plans scientific tapping campaign

Added: 24 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, India -- The Indian Rubber Board said it is organising an intensive …

Shin-Etsu develops functionalised silicone powders for cosmetics

Added: 24 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. has developed a new generation of highly…

Australia: Carbon Polymers acquires Reclaim Industries

Added: 24 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Smithfield, NSW, Australia -- Carbon Polymers Limited (CBP) has successfully a…

Aston puts Bridgestones on V8 Vantage S

Added: 24 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- Aston Martin has selected Bridgestone as the official tyre partner…

Veyance wins inventory efficiency award

Added: 24 May 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Chicago, Illinois -- Veyance Technologies Inc. has won an inventory efficien…

US market for speciality silicas studied

Added: 24 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Freedonia has published a new report titled, Speciality Sil…

SWOT profile of Miwon Chemical published

Added: 24 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Aarkstore is selling a new report titled, Miwon Commercial …

China plans quality drive on tyre factories

Added: 23 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- At a meeting of China's Rubber Industry Association (Tyre branch) o…

Volkswagen fits Cordiant tyres as OE on Russian Polo

Added: 23 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Moscow -- Sibur - Russian Tyres has begun shipping Cordiant-brand tyres to Vol…

EChA to work with Australia's NICNAS

Added: 23 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Helsinki -- The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the Australian Government…

News from elsewhere on the web (23 May 2011)

Added: 23 May 2011

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

Skellerup fined over board make-up

Added: 23 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Christchurch, New Zealand -- Skellerup Holdings has been hit with a $20,000 fi…

NR prices fall in Tokyo

Added: 23 May 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges continues to ease at the end of la…

GM ditches spare tyres on the Chevy Cruze Eco

Added: 23 May 2011

By Joseph Lichterman, Crain staff (AN)

Detroit, Michigan -- As automakers try to produce cars consum…