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Hankook to use Facebook to connect with consumers
Added: 13 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea --Hankook Tire is inviting global customers to its Facebook fan p…
Toyo USA launches Facebook, Twitter activities
Added: 13 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cypress, California -- Toyo Tire USA has launched official Facebook and Twitte…
Bridgestone launches Ecopia tyres in Germany with WWF link-up
Added: 13 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- This spring, Bridgestone is introducing into the German market the…
Tire Factory buys Denver warehouse from Nokian
Added: 13 May 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Portland, Oregon -- Northwest Tire Factory L.L.C. has acquired the wholesale …
Conti to build greenfield tyre plant in Russia
Added: 12 May 2011
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Hanover, Germany -- Continental has revealed plans to build a new car tyre …
Cooper Standard reports Q1 results, explains Barre-Thomas acquisition
Added: 12 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Novi, Michigan -- Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. reported revenue of $688.8 mil…
Ruia group to add Meteor to growing auto profiles portfolio
Added: 12 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Heldesheim, Germany -- Following yesterday's news that Indian conglomerate Rui…
Lanxess to go for bio-based feedstocks
Added: 12 May 2011
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Toronto, Canada -- Lanxess AG intends to move toward bio-based raw materia…
Styron breaks ground on Schkopau S-SBR plant
Added: 12 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Schkopau, Germany -- Styron has broken gound on its new 50kt/year Solution Sty…
News from elsewhere on the web (12 May 2011)
Added: 12 May 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…
Zeon Corp reports strong recovery in sales for 12 months
Added: 12 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Zeon Corp said sales in the 12 months to 31 March 2011 rose by nearly…
Malaysian NR production falls in March
Added: 12 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Natural rubber production shrank by 7.7 per cent to 64,932 ton…
Toyo's net earnings drop more than 80 percent
Added: 12 May 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Osaka, Japan -- Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. suffered an 82.6- percent drop in …
2 firms respond to US attempt to ban NR latex medical gloves
Added: 12 May 2011
By Miles Moore, Crain staff (R&PN)
Washington DC -- Responding to an effort to get medical gloves ma…
NR prices drop sharply in Tokyo
Added: 12 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved sharply downward overnight..…
Tyre makers no longer victims of OE demands
Added: 12 May 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
By Bruce Meyer, Crain News Service
Akron, Ohio -- The business of supplying ori…
Michelin signs up for a decade of road safety
Added: 12 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Jean-Dominique Senard, Managing Partner of the Michelin Group, has si…
JK Tyre produces 3 millionth truck radial - report
Added: 12 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai -- JK Tyre has produced over 3 million truck/bus radial tyres, accordei…
Conti launches second App game for iPhones
Added: 12 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Continental has launched an updated version of its ContiTi…
EChA says dossiers on intermediates need to be checked
Added: 12 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- EChA, the European Chemicals Agency charged with implemen…
