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Cancarb to delay maintenance shutdown for thermal black
Added: 11 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Medicine Hat, Alberta - Cancarb said it is re-scheduling its maintenance shut-…

Bekaert posts strong Q1 results
Added: 11 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kortrijk, Belgium - In the first quarter of 2011 Bekaert achieved consolidated…

Conti produces 10 millionth runflat tyre
Added: 11 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover / Aachen, Germany. Last Friday (6 May) the 10 millionth tyre with SSR …

Gates expands, improves hydraulic product lines
Added: 11 May 2011
By Bruce Meyer, Crain staff (R&PN)
San Diego, California - Gates Corp. has expanded and simplified…

Michelin planning $200M expansion at S.C. plant
Added: 10 May 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Lexington, South Carolina -- Michelin North America Inc. will invest $200 mill…

China re-imposes duties on CR from US, Europe, Japan
Added: 10 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- China's Ministry of Commerce has re-imposed its import duties on ch…

Toyo sees sales up in 2010; announces new plant in Malaysia
Added: 10 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- At its meeting to announce results for the 12 months to 31 March, 201…

News from elsewhere on the web (10 May 2011)
Added: 10 May 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Gajah Tunggal sales beat $1000 million
Added: 10 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jakarta -- PT Gajah Tunggal Tbk increased net sales in 2010 to Rp 9,854 billio…

SRF announces results for 2011
Added: 10 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, India -- SRF Ltd, which makes nylon tyre cord, said its consolidated …

Sumitomo evaluating further global expansion
Added: 10 May 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tokyo -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) is evaluating the need and feas…

Spanish drivers start accepting online tyre sales - Delticom
Added: 10 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Only around 18 percent of Spanish drivers are prepared to …

NR prices move upwards again
Added: 10 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved upward overnight, though for…

Yokohama donates 50 000 seedlings
Added: 10 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that total seedlings co…

Hankook marks 70 years
Added: 10 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea --Hankook Tire has held celebratory events at its headquarters to…

Xiameter names Bloemhard to lead Xiameter brand
Added: 10 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Midland, Michigan -- Jeroen Bloemhard has been appointed business vice preside…

TSRC execs see Dexco deal as big step forward
Added: 10 May 2011
By Edward Noga, Crain staff report (R&PN)
Seoul, South Korea -- TSRC Corp.'s recent purchase of Dexc…

SaarGummi deal is back on track
Added: 9 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Saarbrücken, Germany -- The sale of SaarGummi to Chongqing Light Industry & T…

Sales, profits up in Q1 at Hexpol
Added: 9 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm -- Both sales and profits increased significantly at Hexpol in the t…

Profit drops at Ceat as rubber costs soar
Added: 9 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Mumbai - Net profit at Indian tyre company Ceat Ltd has gone down by 83 perce…