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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
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Sendai, Japan -- Toyo Tires started trial production at its Sendai facility, …
Yokohama partially re-starts at most plants
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Yokohama Rubber Co said production has re-started at all its Japanese…
Cabot reports minimal damage to Japan facilities
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo, Japan -- Cabot Corp said its staff suffered no injuries and its facilit…
Sibur adds styrene block-copolymer capacity
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By Richard Higgs, ERJ staff (PRW)
Moscow - Russian petrochemicals group Sibur plans to expand its pr…
Conti, Schaeffler hold joint supplier day
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Herzogenaurach, germany -- Schaeffler GmbH and Continental AG have jointly nam…
Pirelli confirms use of colour-coded tyres for F1 series
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan -- Pirelli has revealed the colours that will be used to distinguish the…
Trelleborg publishes annual report
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg AB has published the annual report for 2010. …
Italy's president visits Pirelli facility
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Settimo Torinese -- The President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano,…
Eastman to halt production of 2 plasticisers
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ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Kingsport, Tennessee -- Eastman Chemical Co. is discontinuing production and…
UK company makes 100 percent recycled rubber boots
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ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- A UK based company, Raven Tactical Wear Ltd, has announced a rubber …
Lehigh opens applications/development centre
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ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Tucker, Georgia -- Lehigh Technologies, which produces micronised, engineere…
Conti recalls 390,657 ContiTrac truck tyres
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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
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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
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Mannheim, germany -- The Rhein Chemie Group saw sales rise by 40 percent year-…
Lanxess reports strong results for 2010
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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
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges jumped upwards again, this time b…
