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UK environmental group launches European campaign for better tyres

Added: 29 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- The Campaign for Better Tyres, officially launched by UK Transport M…

China launches probe into substandard tyres

Added: 29 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (ANC)

Beijing, China -- China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Insp…

Kumho locks Korean workers out

Added: 29 Mar 2011

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Seoul, Korea -- Management has locked workers out of tyre plants in Korea, aft…

Rise in EU truck sales continues into February

Added: 29 Mar 2011

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Brussels new data from ACEA, the federation of European vehicle makers, shows …

NR prices show uptick

Added: 29 Mar 2011

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Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved upward overnight.

On Tokyo's …

News from elsewhere on the web (29 March 2011)

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Firestone to spend $20 million on roofing plant

Added: 29 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Prescott, Arkansas -- Firestone Building Products Co. will spend $20 million…

Conti raises Asian tyre prices

Added: 29 Mar 2011

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Shanghai, China -- Continental Tires will increase prices for replacement car …

Trelleborg raises tyre prices

Added: 29 Mar 2011

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Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg Wheel Systems has announced a price increase …

UK utilities company commits to tyre recycling

Added: 29 Mar 2011

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Warrington, UK -- Water company United Utilities has teamed up with Direct Tyr…

Lehigh adds nitrile powders

Added: 29 Mar 2011

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Atlanta, Georgia -- Lehigh Technologies said it has added nitrile rubber powde…

Goodyear making public offering

Added: 29 Mar 2011

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Akron , Ohio -- Goodyear has started a public offering of $435 million of ma…

Tokyo NR prices sink below $5 over weekend

Added: 28 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved downward over the weekend.

On…

NR production takes seasonal dip - ANRPC

Added: 28 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kuala LUmpur -- Production of natural rubber has reduced in recent weeks, acco…

Omnova opens rubber chemical plant in China

Added: 28 Mar 2011

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Shanghai, China -- Omnova Solutions has formally opened a rubber chemicals pla…

News from elsewhere on the web (28 March 2011)

Added: 28 Mar 2011

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

Yokohama wins ISO14000 in China, Vietnam

Added: 28 Mar 2011

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Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. as said its subsidiaries in China and Vi…

Trelleborg buys medical seals business

Added: 28 Mar 2011

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trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg is to buy some medical-focussed businesses fr…

Ceat begins operations at Halol

Added: 28 Mar 2011

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Mumbai, India -- Ceat Ltd has informed issued a brief statement to the Bombay …

Sinopec says rubber output increased in 2010

Added: 28 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) reported its audit…