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India sets up website to promote INR
Added: 3 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottayam, Kerala, India -- Rubber Board Chairman Mrs. Sheela Thomas last week …

Freudenberg launches seal selection App
Added: 3 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cyberspace -- Freudenberg has launched a free App for the iPhone family of pro…

Michelin begins retreading at Davydovo
Added: 3 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Davydovo, Russia -- Michelin Russia has opened a retread operation for truck t…

CGS raises tyre prices globally
Added: 3 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Zlin, Czech Republic -- CGS Tyres has announced price increases averaging 10 p…

NR prices unchanged in Tokyo
Added: 3 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges barely moved ovenight.
On Tokyo's T…

Promobil names Bridgestones as top tyres
Added: 3 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Germany's motor-home magazine Promobil has announced that Bridgest…

SaarGummi to be sold to Chinese company
Added: 2 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Saarbrucken, Germany -- Chinese Chongqing Light Industry & Textile Holding Gro…

Goodyear posts higher profits, record sales on quarter
Added: 2 May 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear posted net income of $103 million for the first quarte…

Titan generates record Q1 sales and pre-tax income
Added: 2 May 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Quincy, Illinois -- Titan International Inc. generated record quarterly income…

India releases NR stats for March
Added: 2 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kerala, India -- The Indian Rubber Board has published the March edition of Ru…

News from elsewhere on the web (02 May 2011)
Added: 2 May 2011
(28 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Pirelli increases tyre prices in US
Added: 2 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Rome, Georgia -- Pirelli will increase prices 6percent to 9percent of all pa…

Oklahoma passes bill raising tyre fees from $1 to $2.50
Added: 2 May 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- The Oklahoma legislature has passed and sent to …

NR prices ease slightly in Tokyo
Added: 2 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved slightly lower over the week…

K'2013 deadline for exhibitors is later this month
Added: 2 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Duesseldorf, Germany -- The first meeting of the Exhibitors Council for K'2013…

Fenner buys oil drill seal business in Singapore
Added: 29 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Fenner PLC has bought 100% of the share capital of Multiseals which …

Denso to lend plant to quake-damaged Fujikura Rubber
Added: 29 Apr 2011
James B. Treece, ERJ staff (AN)
Tokyo -- Denso Corp. will lend a factory to a maker of rubber auto p…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 April 2011)
Added: 29 Apr 2011
(16 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

NR prices show little change in Tokyo
Added: 29 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved slightly higher overnight.
On…

JSR appoints American to Japanese committee
Added: 29 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- JSR Corp. has named the first non-Japanese Officer to its Officers Co…