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Yokohama launches BluEarth Brand
Added: 1 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva, Switzerland -- Yokohama Rubber has launched its BluEarth brand in Euro…

Bridgestone tweaks global logo to mark 80years
Added: 1 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva, Switzerland -- Bridgestone has modified its brand logo, introducing a …

Vredestein launches mass billboard campaign
Added: 1 Mar 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva, Switzerland -- Apollo Vredestein is using a vast 10156 m² of billboar…

Zeon raises prices of NBR in Europe, moves to monthly pricing
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Duesseldorf, Germany Zeon Europe GmbH has announced a general price increase i…

Denka raises prices of polychloroprene
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Denki K.K. (Denka) said it is raising prices of its polychloroprene p…

Lanxess raises prices of chloroprene rubber
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG is to raise prices of its polychloroprene ma…

DSM's EPDM repairs will be tedious and time-consuming
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geleen, Netherlands -- After DSM Elastomers declared Force Majeure last week o…

FPG to set up 50kt/year butyl plant in China
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ningbo, China -- Formosa Plastics Group (FPG), Taiwan`s largest plastics congl…

DSM declares force majeure on EPDM
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Geleen, Netherlands -- Customers of EPDM produced by DSM Elastomers are scra…

Daetwyler sets up AVS plant in Wuxi
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Altdorf, Switzerland -- Daetwyler Rubber is setting up a production facility i…

Michelin extends global tyre data
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin has published a moredetailed regional breakdown of the growt…

News from elsewhere on the web (28 Feb 2011)
Added: 28 Feb 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Cooper eyes 10 percent unit growth in 2011
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is targeting 10-percent volume growt…

India publishes November NR statistics
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kerala, India -- The Indian Rubber Board has published the January edition of …

Trelleborg 'Blue' ag concept tyre offers eco advantages
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Paris -- Trelleborg Wheel Systems S.p.A. has launched the TM Blue ag concept t…

Hexpol gives details of Rights Issue
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm, Sweden -- Hexpol has released details to investors of its Rights Is…

Invista resurrects Shanghai polyamide 6,6 plant
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China --Invista said it has revived plans to construct a manufacturi…

New Zealand gets tyre price comparison website
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
New Zealand -- Motokiki claims to be New Zealand's first price comparison site…

Michelin launches travelling show to commemorate historic flight
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Clermont-Ferrand, France -- On March 7, 1911, Eugène Renaux and Albert Senouq…

Michelin extends range of Ultraflex Agri-tyres
Added: 28 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin has given details of its Ultraflex technology at the SIMA tr…