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Pirelli previews Shanghai F1 event
Added: 15 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China -- Inan article titled, "The Chinese Grand Prix from a tyre po…

Xingda sees steel cord sales jump 40 percent
Added: 14 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hong Kong -- Xingda International Holdings Limited has reported results for th…

Evonik carbon black unit likely to go to Rhone - reports
Added: 14 Apr 2011
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Essen, Germany -- Bloomberg reports that only one bidder -- Rhone Capital LLC …

News from elsewhere on the web (14 April 2011)
Added: 14 Apr 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

NR prices sink slowly
Added: 14 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges continued to fall overnight.
On Tok…

Toyo's Sendai plant up to 70 percent output
Added: 14 Apr 2011
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Sendai, Japan -- Output at Toyo's car tyre plant in Sendai is up to 70 percent…

Mulally: Ford works with suppliers to minimise disruptions from quake
Added: 14 Apr 2011
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Detroit, Michigan -- Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally said today that…

IISRP elects Polimeri's Protopapa as president
Added: 14 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Seoul, South Korea -- The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Produc…

OSHA fines Lion Copolymer $182,000 - update
Added: 14 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration …

ITEC 2012 opens website
Added: 14 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cleveland, Ohio -- Organisers of the ITEC tyre show in Cleveland, Ohio have op…

Goldman Sachs' stake in Nokian rises above 6 percent
Added: 14 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki -- Nokian Tyres has issued a standard statement saying, "the total ow…

Daetwyler confirms 50 job losses at Altdorf
Added: 13 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Altdorf, Switzerland - Further to an announcement at the company's annual resu…

Vibracoustic develops better start-stop manners
Added: 13 Apr 2011
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Weinheim, Germany - Vibracoustic said it has developed a new system to improve…

News from elsewhere on the web (13 April 2011)
Added: 13 Apr 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Yokohama to outline China strategy at Shanghai Auto show
Added: 13 Apr 2011
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Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. Said it will on 20 April outline its str…

Lion Copolymer cited for safety breaches
Added: 13 Apr 2011
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Associated Press reports that the US Occupational Saf…

Conti wants controlling stake in Modi-reports
Added: 13 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai - The Indian press reports that Continental AG is in advanced talks to …

Goodbye Styron, Hello Trinseo
Added: 13 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Berwyn, Pennsylvania -- Styron, the global materials company established in Ju…

Pirelli to raise tyre prices in Europe
Added: 13 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy - Pirelli has announced price increases in all Emea area markets …

NR prices move downward round the world
Added: 13 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges continued to fall overnight.
On Tok…