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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

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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…