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Kumho admits putting too much recyclate in Chinese tyres - reports
Added: 22 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tianjin, China -- Kumho Tyres has reportedly apologised to Chinese consumers a…

Michelin to invest $50M to improve Indiana BFGoodrich plant
Added: 22 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Fort Wayne, Indiana -- Michelin North America Inc. is investing $50 million to…

Toyo to support quake relief efforts
Added: 22 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Osaka, Japan Toyo Tire & Rubber Co Ltd is to donate 150 million Japanese yen …

Lanxess, employees support Japan quake relief efforts
Added: 22 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess plans to donate EUR 250,000 - roughly 30 millio…

IISRP adds List Group as affiliate
Added: 22 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers …

Cabot declares Force Majeure at Port Jerome - report
Added: 22 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Port Jerome, France -- Cabot Corp has reportedly informed customers that it de…

Investors fully subscribe to Hexpol's Rights Issue
Added: 22 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm -- Hexpol AB, the custom compounder, said its rights issue was fully…

Goodyear to web-cast investor meeting
Added: 22 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will today host a live web c…

Michelin raises tyre prices in Canada
Added: 22 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Laval, Quebec -- Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. is increasing prices o…

Goodyear raising commercial tyre prices by up to 15 percent in US
Added: 22 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear is raising the prices of brands of its commercial truc…

Global tyre markets continue to grow
Added: 21 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin has published a regional breakdown of the growth in the glob…

NR producers aim to defend prices around $4/kg
Added: 21 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Qingdao, China -- Indonesia expects to defend a minimum price level of $4 / kg…

NR prices continue to rise in Tokyo
Added: 21 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges continued to rise following last …

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
Added: 21 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Sendai, Japan -- Toyo Tires started trial production at its Sendai facility, …

Yokohama partially re-starts at most plants
Added: 21 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Yokohama Rubber Co said production has re-started at all its Japanese…

Cabot reports minimal damage to Japan facilities
Added: 21 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo, Japan -- Cabot Corp said its staff suffered no injuries and its facilit…

Sibur adds styrene block-copolymer capacity
Added: 21 Mar 2011
By Richard Higgs, ERJ staff (PRW)
Moscow - Russian petrochemicals group Sibur plans to expand its pr…

Conti, Schaeffler hold joint supplier day
Added: 21 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Herzogenaurach, germany -- Schaeffler GmbH and Continental AG have jointly nam…

Pirelli confirms use of colour-coded tyres for F1 series
Added: 21 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan -- Pirelli has revealed the colours that will be used to distinguish the…