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US moulder Mitchell Rubber goes to private equity
Added: 12 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mclean, Virginia -- Private equity company Gladstone Investment Corp. said it …

Ford sales in Russia grew by 43 percent in March
Added: 12 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow, Russian Federation -- Ford sold 10,644 vehicles in the Russian Federat…

DATL to supply tyres for IcelandAir
Added: 12 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Birmingham, UK -- Dunlop Aircraft Tyres has signed a deal to support 28 Boeing…

Goodyear ordered to pay in wrongful termination suit
Added: 12 Apr 2011
By William Schertz, Crain staff (TB)
Fayetteville, North Carolina -- A Cumberland County jury has or…

IRSG adds three new members
Added: 12 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) said three more organ…

Lifestyles launches condom made from synthetic polyisoprene
Added: 12 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Red Bank, New Jersey -- Ansell Healthcare has increased its range of condoms m…

VDMA says German machinery exports growing strongly
Added: 12 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Frankfurt, Germany -- German exports of plastics and rubber machinery were up …

US butadiene markets studied
Added: 12 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- GBI Research has published a new report titled, Butadiene M…

Marangoni opens Ringtread unit in Kuwait
Added: 12 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuwait City -- Marangoni Retreading Systems has inaugurated a Ringtread retrea…

China's sunroof industry studied
Added: 12 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- China Research & Intelligence has published a new report ti…

Goodyear to raise passenger tyre prices in US
Added: 12 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear will raise prices up to 8 percent on all its replaceme…

Federal-Mogul seeks 'strategic alternatives'
Added: 12 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Detroit, Michigan -- Federal-Mogul Corp. says it has retained Lazard Ltd. to h…

Attendance at IISRP's Korea meeting is high
Added: 12 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Seoul, Korea -- Participation in the ongoing International Institute of Synt…

Lanxess expands capacity for HNBR
Added: 11 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess is expanding its production capacities for Hydro…

ContiTech remains on growth track
Added: 11 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- ContiTech remains on track for global growth following ou…

News from elsewhere on the web (11 April 2011)
Added: 11 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 little changed over the weekend
Added: 11 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges remained stable over the weekend.
O…

Sweden said to work on enabling Saab auto loan
Added: 11 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Stockholm, Sweden (Bloomberg) -- The Swedish government is working to enable S…

Apollo develops Z-rated tyres for 9-tonne superbus concept
Added: 11 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dubai, UAE -- Apollo Vredestein has developed truck-sized tyres with a Z ratin…

Hankook begins recruiting in Indonesia
Added: 11 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jakarta, Indonesia -- Hankook Tire has begun recruiting in Indonesia, followin…