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GreenMan puts last recycled rubber subsidiary on market
Added: 5 Apr 2011
By Miles Moore, Senior Washington Reporter (TB)
Lynnfield, Massachusetts -- GreenMan Technologies I…

Need to convert currencies and hardness units? - Get an App
Added: 5 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Fort Wayne, Indiana -- Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has released a new, free i…

Nokian to report substantially higher sales, profits in Q1
Added: 5 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nokia, Finland -- Nokian Tyres' sales and operating profit increased clearly i…

Bridgestone contributes more to Tohoku disaster relief funds
Added: 5 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has said its group subsidiaries and other related c…

Trelleborg completes on hose sale
Added: 5 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg's has finalised the sale of its operations in…

US students to compete in eco marathon
Added: 5 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- 70 teams from 18 high schools and 31 universities across N…

Zeon raises prices for nitrile rubber
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Duesseldorf, Germany -- Zeon Europe GmbH has announced a general price increas…

Ameraal Beltech offers transport systems to tyre industry
Added: 4 Apr 2011
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Dutch company, Ammeraal Beltech specialises in developing and making belts …

News from elsewhere on the web (04 April 2011)
Added: 4 Apr 2011
(26 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

NR prices jump once more on supply fears
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges jumped over the weekend on reports…

Solvay launches friendly bid to buy Rhodia
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Solvay has launched a friendly bid to acquire 100 percent of the s…

Titan closes deal for Goodyear's Latin Am. farm tyre business
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Quincy, Illinois -- Titan Tire Corp. has completed its acquisition of Goodyea…

Kumho's China recall to begin from 15 April
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- Kumho Tire will begin a recall of 300 000 tyres in China from 15 Ap…

Michelin's search for Bibendum Windows focusses on Australia
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The focus of Michelin's hunt for its missing stained glass windows h…

Bridgestone opens sales office in Morocco
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. subsidiary, Bridgestone Middle East & Africa FZE (B…

Kumho lifts lockout in Korea
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- ICEM, the union organisation, has expressed satisfaction that …

Hexpol's acquisition of Elasto - one year on
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ã…mÃ¥l, Sweden -- Twelve months ago the then TPE division of Vita group was a…

Michelin North America appoints Autonomy to help boost web presence
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
San Francisco, California -- Autonomy Corp., a global leader in infrastructure…

Michelin restructures finance with re-purchase of loan notes
Added: 4 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin has re-purchased on the open market debt worth around euro 5…

Evonik triples isobutene capacity in Antwerp - now on stream
Added: 1 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Antwerp, Belgium --Evonik Industries has started up a new facility to
produce h…