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Nominations invited for Tan Sri Dr B. C Sekhar Gold Medal 2010
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Kochi, India - Rubber Asia magazine has invited nominations for the Tan Sri D…

Pool of potential bidders for Federal-Mogul shrinks, report says
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
New York (Reuters) - Private equity firms Carlyle Group and Apollo Global Mana…

Michelin data shows tyre boom slowing further
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with a regional breakdown of the gro…

Momentive & SSF collaborate on medical device applications
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Albany, New York -- Momentive Performance Materials Inc. is to collaborate wi…

News from elsewhere on the web (19 May 2011)
Added: 19 May 2011
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More EU drivers willing to buy tyres online - Delticom
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany - According to a survey carried out on behalf of online tyre…

Ruia Group buys yet another auto profiles company
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Charleval, France -- India's Ruia Group has bought yet another auto profiles c…

Conti officially opens China tyre plant
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hefei, China -- Continental AG has officially opened its first Chinese tyre pl…

Saudis set up elastomer technology institute to develop elastomer industry
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio, - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is to establish an elastomer…

SCG-Dow to bring elastomer plant on stream from June
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (PRW)
Dow has announced that its new world-scale speciality elastomers plant in Tha…

News from elsewhere on the web (18 May 2011)
Added: 18 May 2011
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NR prices fall in Tokyo
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved down overnight..
On Tokyo's T…

Lord Corp opens Asia Tech centre in Japan
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cary, North Carolina -- Lord Corp. will host an opening ceremony for its new A…

Chemtura's anti-oxidant minisite opens on SpecialChem
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Chemtura Corp has opened a mini-site devoted to …

Yokohama to join the Green Wave
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd has said all its 23 glopbal production locati…

DuPont's acquisition of Danisco / Genencor goes through
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Copenhagen -- Shareholders of Danisco have agreed overwhelmingly to sell their…

Asia Carbon sales jump 150 percent in Q1
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York -- Asia Carbon Industries, Inc has announced results for the three mo…

Vystar sees Q1 revenues climb, but still in the red
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Atanta, Georgia -- Vystar Corp. said revenues for the three months to 31 March…

Chair made from rubber bands wins design prize
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boone, North Carolina -- A chair constructed of 65,000 rubber bands took first…

EU car sales show uptick in April, but down in year to date
Added: 17 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- ACEA, the European federation of vehicle manufacturers has issued …