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Yokohama says no casualties from Tohoku earthquake and tsunami

Added: 15 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Co has said its staff suffered no casualties from the …

ElringKlinger reports major upturn in 2010

Added: 15 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dettingen/Erms, Germany -- Fiscal 2010 saw the ElringKlinger Group recover we…

Chemtura raises prices for additives

Added: 15 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Chemtura Corp. is raising the price of the produ…

Yokohama contributes to earthquake recovery efforts

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., is to donate yen 50 million (euro 443 0…

Continental contributes to earthquake effort

Added: 15 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hannover - Continental AG announces its solidarity with the people of Japan an…

USW troubled by WTO ruling on OTR tyres

Added: 15 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Washington DC -- The decision of the World Trade Organisation Appellate Body…

Hankook puts the billboard back in Times Square

Added: 15 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Wayne, New Jersey -- Hankook Tire America Corp. has restored a tyre-shaped bil…

TOCOM sets out mid-term strategy

Added: 15 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - The Japanese commodities exchange TOCOM has set out the 2011 business …

Taiwanese rubber company touts for business

Added: 15 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Taipei, Taiwan - A Taiwanese rubber company has issued a press release saying …

Rubber prices plunge after Japanese disaster

Added: 14 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Prices on international rubber exchanges plunged by around 12 percent…

Trelleborg expands in Brazil

Added: 14 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Santana de Parnaiba, Brazil -- Trelleborg is investing in Brazil, by buying a …

WTO Appellate Body rejects double duties on Chinese OTR tyres

Added: 14 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Geneva, Switzerland -- The US Department of Commerce erred when it levied bot…

News from elsewhere on the web (14 March 2011)

Added: 14 Mar 2011

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

Nolato adding LIM capability to Wisconsin plant

Added: 14 Mar 2011

By Bruce Meyer, ERJ staff (R&PN)

Torekov, Sweden-Nolato Group is adding liquid silicone injection mo…

Bridgestone reports no injuries, damage in quake

Added: 14 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. reports no critical damage to its facilities and no…

Toyo responding to crisis at plant in quake zone

Added: 14 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Osaka, Japan -- Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. is reporting it has suspended prod…

Quake paralyses Japan's auto industry; Toyota shutters factories

Added: 14 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (AN)

Tokyo -- Toyota Motor Corp. suspended production at all of its plants in Japan…

Columbian raises prices for carbon black in N America

Added: 14 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Marietta, Georgia -- Columbian Chemicals has announced price increases to Nort…

Tsunami wipes out 2,300 Nissan and Infiniti vehicles awaiting shipment

Added: 14 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (AN)

Tokyo - The earthquake-triggered tsunami that ravaged Japan's Pacific coast ha…

Cooper announces new European marketing director

Added: 14 Mar 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Melksham, UK -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe has appointed Nigel Hampso…