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Lehigh opens applications/development centre
Added: 21 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Tucker, Georgia -- Lehigh Technologies, which produces micronised, engineere…

Conti recalls 390,657 ContiTrac truck tyres
Added: 21 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington DC -- Continental Tire the Americas L.L.C. has recalled 390,657 t…

Lanxess selects Matexion as BR distributor in Canada
Added: 21 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Lanxess Corp. has named Matexion Inc. a distribu…

Bridgestone re-schedules re-start of Nasu plant
Added: 18 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone has started production at most of the factories affected …

Hankook to build new tech centre in Korea
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul -- Kankook Tire is to build a new tech centre in the Korean city of Daej…

Rhein Chemie reports strong growth
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mannheim, germany -- The Rhein Chemie Group saw sales rise by 40 percent year-…

Lanxess reports strong results for 2010
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG announced its results for the 12 months to D…

Conti to double size of Brazil tyre plant
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG is going ahead with a second-phase expansio…

Tokyo NR smashes through $5/kg
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges jumped upwards again, this time b…

Conti to raise truck tyre prices once more
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Continental is again increasing its prices for commercial …

Cabot to expand capacity globally
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Boston, Massachussetts -- Cabot Corp. plans to invest more than $180 million…

Cooper Standard increasing global business
Added: 17 Mar 2011
By Miles Moore, ERJ staff (TB)
Novi, Michigan -- Auto parts manufacturer Cooper Standard Automotive…

No improvement at JSR facilities in Japan
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- JSR Corp said there has been no material change in the statuis of its…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 March 2011)
Added: 17 Mar 2011
(21 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Nokian releases annual report
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nokia, Finland -- Nokian Tyres has today published its Annual Report and Finan…

Michelin homologated for Ferrari's FF model
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin's Pilot Super Sport summer tyres will be fitted as non-exclu…

US hospital makes latex allergy settlement
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
San Francisco, California -- John Muir Health, a health care system with hospi…

Yulex wins funding, sets up new site for guayule
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Chandler, Arizona -- Yulex Corp., a manufacturer of biobased elastomer produc…

Michelin publishes red guide to all of Europe
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- The Michelin Red guide to the Main Cities of Europe 2011 will go on s…

Phillips Carbon Black analysed
Added: 17 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- GlobalData on demand has published a report titled, Phillip…