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IISRP adds List Group as affiliate

Added: 22 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Houston, Texas -- The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers …

Cabot declares Force Majeure at Port Jerome - report

Added: 22 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Port Jerome, France -- Cabot Corp has reportedly informed customers that it de…

Investors fully subscribe to Hexpol's Rights Issue

Added: 22 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Stockholm -- Hexpol AB, the custom compounder, said its rights issue was fully…

Goodyear to web-cast investor meeting

Added: 22 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will today host a live web c…

Michelin raises tyre prices in Canada

Added: 22 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Laval, Quebec -- Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. is increasing prices o…

Goodyear raising commercial tyre prices by up to 15 percent in US

Added: 22 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear is raising the prices of brands of its commercial truc…

Global tyre markets continue to grow

Added: 21 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris -- Michelin has published a regional breakdown of the growth in the glob…

NR producers aim to defend prices around $4/kg

Added: 21 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Qingdao, China -- Indonesia expects to defend a minimum price level of $4 / kg…

NR prices continue to rise in Tokyo

Added: 21 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges continued to rise following last …

News from elsewhere on the web (21 March 2011)

Added: 21 Mar 2011

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

Toyo to bring Sendai plant back on stream this week

Added: 21 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Sendai, Japan -- Toyo Tires started trial production at its Sendai facility, …

Yokohama partially re-starts at most plants

Added: 21 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Yokohama Rubber Co said production has re-started at all its Japanese…

Cabot reports minimal damage to Japan facilities

Added: 21 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo, Japan -- Cabot Corp said its staff suffered no injuries and its facilit…

Sibur adds styrene block-copolymer capacity

Added: 21 Mar 2011

By Richard Higgs, ERJ staff (PRW)

Moscow - Russian petrochemicals group Sibur plans to expand its pr…

Conti, Schaeffler hold joint supplier day

Added: 21 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Herzogenaurach, germany -- Schaeffler GmbH and Continental AG have jointly nam…

Pirelli confirms use of colour-coded tyres for F1 series

Added: 21 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Milan -- Pirelli has revealed the colours that will be used to distinguish the…

Trelleborg publishes annual report

Added: 21 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg AB has published the annual report for 2010. …

Italy's president visits Pirelli facility

Added: 21 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Settimo Torinese -- The President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano,…

Eastman to halt production of 2 plasticisers

Added: 21 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Kingsport, Tennessee -- Eastman Chemical Co. is discontinuing production and…

UK company makes 100 percent recycled rubber boots

Added: 21 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- A UK based company, Raven Tactical Wear Ltd, has announced a rubber …