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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
(23 items)
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…

Indian tyre industry studied
Added: 23 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd has published a new report titled…

Phillips Carbon sees sales, profits rise in full year
Added: 23 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kolkata, India -- Phillips Carbon Black Ltd said sales and profits both increa…

Some Saab suppliers agree to restart deliveries
Added: 23 May 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Stockholm (Reuters) -- Saab said that some suppliers had agreed to restart del…

Yokohama supports Chinese environmental activity
Added: 23 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has said one of its tyre sales companie…

Michelin's puncture-resistant technology to become standard
Added: 20 May 2011
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Berlin -- Michelin has confirmed that it expects its puncture-resistant in…

Yokohama to produce high-pressure hydraulic hoses in China
Added: 20 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo -- Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd is to construct a specialised high-pressure…