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NR prices show uptick
Added: 29 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved upward overnight.
On Tokyo's …

News from elsewhere on the web (29 March 2011)
Added: 29 Mar 2011
(8 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

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
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China -- Continental Tires will increase prices for replacement car …

Trelleborg raises tyre prices
Added: 29 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg Wheel Systems has announced a price increase …

UK utilities company commits to tyre recycling
Added: 29 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Warrington, UK -- Water company United Utilities has teamed up with Direct Tyr…

Lehigh adds nitrile powders
Added: 29 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Atlanta, Georgia -- Lehigh Technologies said it has added nitrile rubber powde…

Goodyear making public offering
Added: 29 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
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
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China -- Omnova Solutions has formally opened a rubber chemicals pla…

News from elsewhere on the web (28 March 2011)
Added: 28 Mar 2011
(21 items)
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
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. as said its subsidiaries in China and Vi…

Trelleborg buys medical seals business
Added: 28 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg is to buy some medical-focussed businesses fr…

Ceat begins operations at Halol
Added: 28 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
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…

Bridgestone restarts production at final quake-affected plant
Added: 28 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone has partially re-started production at its tyre plant in …

FIA reports on first F1 race of the season
Added: 28 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva, Switzerland -- The FIA has issued press releases realted to the Austra…

Brenntag to distribute Lanxess rubber chemicals in Iberia
Added: 25 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mulheim, Germany - Lanxess has appointed Brenntag QuÃmica, S.A. As its distri…

Rhodia names new director for silica unit
Added: 25 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Lyons, France - Rhodia Silcea has named Christian Leger, as Global Business D…