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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
ERJ staff report (DS)
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
(21 items)
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…