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ElringKlinger announces strong Q1 results
Added: 13 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dettingen/Erms, Germany -- ElringKlinger Group saw its sales revenue expand by…

EC clears Itochu purchase of Kwik-Fit
Added: 13 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- The European Commission -- the EU's anti-trust authority -- has cl…

NR prices recover in Tokyo
Added: 13 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved upward overnight..
On Tokyo's…

C4 producer announces results
Added: 13 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, texas -- TPC Group Inc. a producer of value-added products derived fr…

JK switches to audited accounting practices
Added: 13 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai -- In a brief statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange, JK Tyre & Industr…

BRISA announces $285m investment plan
Added: 13 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Istanbul, Tuirkey -- Iin announcing its annual results for 2010, Turkish tyre …

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…