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US motorcycle tyre sales rose in Q1

Added: 28 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Irvine, California --Motorcycle and scooter tyre sales increased 29.4 percent …

Yokohama sets up non-tyre unit in China

Added: 28 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., said it will on 1 May establish a compa…

Fenner PLC sales rise 35 percent in first half

Added: 28 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Fenner PLC, a maker of belts from rubber and other polymers, has ann…

WestMoonInt now supplies chloroprene rubber

Added: 28 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hong Kong -- WestMoonint will from today (28 April) begin selling chloroprene …

Titan's Q1 results beat all previous records

Added: 28 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Quincy, Illinois --Titan Tire recorded sales of $280.8 million for the first q…

GMG re-starts rubber plantation in Cote d'Ivoire

Added: 28 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Abijan, Cote d'Ivoire -- GMG Global said it re-started operations at its subsi…

NR prices recover in Tokyo

Added: 28 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges recovered somewhat overnight.

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Isle of Man TT racers to ride on Dunlop tyres again

Added: 28 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Isle of Man -- The Isle of Man Department of Economic Development has confirme…

Yokohama donates to Tohoku relief effort

Added: 28 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Yokohama Rubber has issued an update on its contributions to relief e…

Nizhnekamskneftekhim to buy styrene monomer from Finland

Added: 28 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (PRW)

Nizhnekamsk, Tartarstan -- Russian petrochemicals company Nizhnekamskneftekhi…

EU truck registrations increase in Q1

Added: 27 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- New data from the federation of European vehicle manufacturers, AC…

Public Citizen calls for ban on latex gloves across US

Added: 27 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Washington DC -- US consumer organisation Public Citizen (PC) has called for a…

New Tech reports succesful test of non-pneumatic car tyre

Added: 27 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Boca Raton, Florida--New Tech Tire, a division of Scitech Industries said it h…

Toyota's problem: small rubber parts, microprocessors

Added: 27 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Toyota's executive vice president in charge of production is reported…

News from elsewhere on the web (27 April 2011)

Added: 27 Apr 2011

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

WestmoonInt raises CPE/CM prices

Added: 27 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hong Kong, China -- WestMoonint is to raise its all chlorinated polyethylene g…

Cooper: mixed earnings report on 20 percent higher sales

Added: 27 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. suffered a slight drop in operating …

Cooper rebuilding inventories to improve fill-rates

Added: 27 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. expects to increase production 10 pe…

Cabot reports higher margins in carbon black business

Added: 27 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Boston Massachussetts - Cabot Corp has reported its results for the three and …

Carlisle Companies sees higher sales

Added: 27 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Charlotte, North Carolina -- Carlisle Companies Inc. reported net sales from c…