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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
(21 items)
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…

Michelin may sign long-term steelcord deal in Byeloruss
Added: 16 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Zhlobin, Belarus - Executives of Michelin visited the Belarussian steelcord pr…

EU car registrations up in February
Added: 16 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- In February, demand for new cars slightly increased (+0.9 percent)…

Tokyo NR prices recover strongly
Added: 16 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges jumped upwards once more overnigh…

Omnova increases prices for Chemigum
Added: 16 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Omnova Solutions has announced price increases of up to 200 €/MT fo…

News from elsewhere on the web (16 March 2011)
Added: 16 Mar 2011
(19 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Cabot signs carbon black JV deal in China
Added: 16 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing, China -- Cabot (China) Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cabot Corp.…

Pirelli's NAFTA sales grew 25 percent in 2010
Added: 16 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.'s sales in North America grew 25 percent l…

JSR halts shipments from Kashima plant
Added: 16 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Synthetic rubber supplier JSR Corp. said it has halted production of …

Power outages to reduce Zeon's output
Added: 16 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Synthetic rubber maker Zeon Corp has said there were no physical dama…