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Solutia says no damage at Kashima facility

Added: 16 Mar 2011

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St Louis Missouri -- Solutia said there was no damage at its Flexsys Akzo Nobe…

Lanxess closes office in Tokyo on 'Quake fears

Added: 16 Mar 2011

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leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess has temporarily closed its office in Tokyo and …

IRCo, ITRC, CRIA talk rubber in Qingdao

Added: 16 Mar 2011

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Qingdao, China -- Officials of the International Rubber Consortium Limited (IR…

European tyre industries studied

Added: 16 Mar 2011

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Dublin, Ireland -- Global Research & Data Services has published 25 new report…

Nissan buys Bridgestones for LEAF electric car

Added: 16 Mar 2011

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Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp has begun supplying Nissan MotorCo., Ltd. with Ecopi…

Bridgestone to prioritise truck tyres in 'quake recovery plan

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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Tokyo - Bridgestone has outlined its recovery plan for tyre, steelcord and oth…

Lack of power means production is suspended at Sumitomo's plant in Fukushima

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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Kobe, Japan - Sumitomo Rubber Industries has reported that its car tyre plant …

Quake to have small impact on rubber demand - ANRPC

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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Kuala Lumpur - “The disaster in northeast Japan on March 11 and subsequent n…

NR prices bounce back in Tokyo

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges bounced back from recent lows ove…

News from elsewhere on the web (15 March 2011)

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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

Tokai reports minimal damage from earthquake and tsunami

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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Tokyo, Japan - Tokai Rubber Industries has said it is unable to confirm whethe…

Yokohama says no casualties from Tohoku earthquake and tsunami

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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

ElringKlinger reports major upturn in 2010

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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

Chemtura raises prices for additives

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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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

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

USW troubled by WTO ruling on OTR tyres

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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

Hankook puts the billboard back in Times Square

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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

TOCOM sets out mid-term strategy

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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

Taiwanese rubber company touts for business

Added: 15 Mar 2011

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