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Cooper Standard reports Q1 results, explains Barre-Thomas acquisition

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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By Miles Moore, Crain staff (R&PN)

Washington DC -- Responding to an effort to get medical gloves ma…

NR prices drop sharply in Tokyo

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ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved sharply downward overnight..…

Tyre makers no longer victims of OE demands

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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

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ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris -- Jean-Dominique Senard, Managing Partner of the Michelin Group, has si…

JK Tyre produces 3 millionth truck radial - report

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ERJ staff report (DS)

Mumbai -- JK Tyre has produced over 3 million truck/bus radial tyres, accordei…

Conti launches second App game for iPhones

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ERJ staff report (DS)

Hanover, Germany -- Continental has launched an updated version of its ContiTi…

EChA says dossiers on intermediates need to be checked

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ERJ staff report (DS)

Helsinki, Finland -- EChA, the European Chemicals Agency charged with implemen…

Nokian share issue appears on stock exchanges

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ERJ staff report (DS)

Nokia, Finland -- NOkian Tyres said its recent share issue was fully subscribe…

Many car systems shift to electricity to boost fuel economy

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David Sedgwick,Crain staff (AN)

Detroit, Michigan -- The line between hybrid vehicles and convention…

Ruia Group adds Standard Profil to auto profiles portfolio

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ERJ staff report (DS)

Ankara, Turkey - Ruia Group has added another leading automotive profiles make…

Apollo sees lower profits on surging sales

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ERJ staff report (DS)

Mumbai, India - Apollo Tyres saw a 9 percent in crease in net sales, in the 12…

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