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Tokai rubber update on Tohoku earthquake activities
Added: 7 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Tokai Rubber is setting up a special representative committee chaired …

Indian car buyers happier with their OE tyres
Added: 7 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Indian car buyers are significantly happier with the tyres fitted…

Dexco deal makes TSRC a global player
Added: 7 Apr 2011
By Frank Esposito Crain staff (PN)
Plaquemine, Louisiana -- TSRC Corp. has wrapped up its acquisiti…

News from elsewhere on the web (07 April 2011)
Added: 7 Apr 2011
(10 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

What slowdown? Growing Kraton keeping busy
Added: 7 Apr 2011
By Frank Esposito Crain staff (PN)
Houston, Texas -- Kraton Polymers LLC continues to invest and gr…

Old tyres not safe - Swiss Auto club
Added: 7 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Berne, Switzerland -- The Swiss Touring Club (TCS) has studied old tyres and f…

NR prices remain stable
Added: 7 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges remained largely unchanged overnig…

Bridgestone helps with NZ quake relief, too
Added: 7 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo --- In addition to its support with the relief effort following the Toho…

US tyre industry studied
Added: 7 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- RNCOS has published a new report titled, US Tyre Industry Ana…

China speciality rubber studied
Added: 7 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai -- Research in China has published a new report titled, China Special…

Nylon filament business studied
Added: 7 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- YnFx has published a new report titled, The Nylon Chain Repor…

LSR moulder Starlim buys Poly-Nova
Added: 7 Apr 2011
By Bill Bregar Crain staff (PN)
London, Ontario -- Starlim North America Corp., a liquid silicone r…

SAIC Motor buys 6 percent stake in GM Korea from parent
Added: 7 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Beijing (Bloomberg) -- SAIC Motor Corp., China's largest automaker, is buying …

Manuli expands web-based training academy
Added: 7 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan Italy - Manuli Hydraulics has extended its web-based training systems ca…

Indian tyre makers face profits crunch - ICRA
Added: 6 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India - Despite a strong recovery after the Western recession and heal…

Evonik raises prices of precipitated silica
Added: 6 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Essen, Germany - Evonik Industries has said it is raising prices for precipit…

News from elsewhere on the web (06 April 2011)
Added: 6 Apr 2011
(21 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Tokai carbon plant damaged in Tohoku earthquake
Added: 6 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Tokai Carbon has said operations at its Ishinomaki carbon black Plant …

NR prices ease slightly in Tokyo
Added: 6 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges eased slightly overnight on profit…

Bangladesh: over half of cars on poor tyres
Added: 6 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dhaka, Bangladesh - A survey of passenger car tyres in Dhaka revealed that mor…