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NR prices on the rise again
Added: 2 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Natural rubber (NR) prices are on the increase once more. A blog on …

News from elsewhere on the web (02 Feb 2011)
Added: 2 Feb 2011
(18 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Keyuan, Ningbo Tech develop applications for rubber industry
Added: 2 Feb 2011
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Ningbo, China -- Keyuan Petrochemicals, Inc. has signed an agreement with Ning…

ARPM assumes role of representing US rubber industry internationally
Added: 2 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Iindianapolis, Indiana -- The US-based Association for Rubber Products Manuf…

Bridgestone Bandag hikes US prices on truck, bus tyres
Added: 2 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Muscatine, Iowa -- Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS), a division of Bri…

US company offers self-inflating wheel systems
Added: 2 Feb 2011
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Tustin, California -- Wheelpump Corp. has developed an on-wheel pump to mainta…

UK Environment Agency seeks information on tyre dump
Added: 2 Feb 2011
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Boston, UK -- The UK Environment Agency is seekign information on 150 illegall…

Goodrich ships rubber sonar dome to US Navy
Added: 2 Feb 2011
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Jackson, Florida -- Goodrich Corporation recently delivered its 331st sonar do…

Conti to hire 1500 graduates this year
Added: 2 Feb 2011
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Hannover, Germany -- Continental AG said it plans to hire around 1500 graduate…

Magnets use nitrile rubber
Added: 2 Feb 2011
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Milton, Ontario -- A Canadian magnet maker claims it can make a better magnet …

Solutia continues divestment of Flexsys units
Added: 1 Feb 2011
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St Louis, Missouri - Solutia Inc has sold another tranche of the Flexsys busin…

Tappers encouraged to Kerala by new training scheme
Added: 1 Feb 2011
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Kottayam, India - The Indian Rubber Board has set up a new training scheme to …

Phillips Carbon comments on Degussa rumours
Added: 1 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India - Phillips Carbon Black Ltd has issued a statement to the Bombay…

China reports strong growth in synthetic rubber industry in 2010
Added: 1 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Beijing - - Output from the Chinese synthetic rubber industry grew by 11.7 pe…

Chemical Safety Board releases case study on fatal Goodyear accident
Added: 1 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Washington DC - The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a case study …

News from elsewhere on the web (01 February 2011)
Added: 1 Feb 2011
(26 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Trelleborg completes sale of roofing unit
Added: 1 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm, Sweden - Trelleborg has completed the divestment of its roofing ope…

Kirov Tyre plant wins approval to restructure debt
Added: 1 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Moscow - Russia's anti-monopoly commission, the FAS, has given the Kirov tyre…

Nokian marks 75 years of the Hakkapeliitta
Added: 1 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nokia, Finland - Nokian Tyres is marking the 75th anniversery of its Hakkapeli…

Birla used US Law firm to advise in Columbian purchase
Added: 1 Feb 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York - Birla Group is being advised by US law firm Shearman & Sterling in …