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Firestone launches roofing web app
Added: 31 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Indianapolis, Indiana -- Firestone Building Products Company, LLC, has unveile…

ERJ seeks information from machinery makers - deadline today
Added: 31 Jan 2011
To: Rubber and tyre machinery manufacturers
Each year, ERJ reports on the global rubber machinery b…

Daetwyler results show recovery in 2010
Added: 28 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Altdorf, Switzerland -- Daetwyler recovered further in 2010 as its markets rec…

Tokyo NR prices jump overnight
Added: 28 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Natural rubber (NR) prices jumped overnight.
In Tokyo, Tocom's benchm…

Michelin planning $135 million R&D centre makeover
Added: 28 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Ladoux, France -- Group Michelin is planning a massive makeover/modernisation …

Hankook's global sales push through KRW 5 trillion
Added: 28 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Hankook Tire reported global sales of KRW 5.4 trillion (euro 3…

Hankook hits $1 billion sales in N. America; pledges better supply
Added: 28 Jan 2011
By Bruce Davis, ERJ staff (TB)
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico -- Hankook Tire America Corp. is pledging imp…

Serious regulatory, legislation issues concern tyre and rubber industry in US
Added: 28 Jan 2011
By Miles Moore, ERJ staff (R&PN)
Washington DC -- Wouldn't Congressional cooperation be nice this ye…

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

Marangoni raises prices of retread materials
Added: 28 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Verona, Italy -- Marangoni Retreading Systems announces a price increase in al…

Next up, bio-isoprene from paper pulp waste
Added: 28 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Madison, Wisconsin -- Scarab Genomics and the Wisconsin Institute for Sustai…

Renault to sell own-brand tyres in UK
Added: 28 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Renault UK has broken a taboo in the tyre industry, by launching its…

Hankook to launch 'enfren' eco-optimised tyre line in US
Added: 28 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico -- Hankook Tire America Corp. will roll out three key …

Avon's Slabbert named CEO of the year
Added: 28 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Peter Slabbert, chief executive of Avon Rubber PLC was honoured with…

Yokohama joins UK tyre group
Added: 28 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Yokohama HPT Ltd. has extended its membership of the UK TyreSafe gro…

SaarGummi announcement expected in next few weeks
Added: 27 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Saarbrucken, Germany -- Administrators for the financially-troubled Saargummi …

NR price rises push synthetic prices upward
Added: 27 Jan 2011
By Miles Moore, ERJ staff (R&PN)
Tokyo -- Natural rubber prices hit all-time high. That's been a com…

NR prices resume upward trend
Added: 27 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Natural rubber (NR) prices remained stable or increased slightly ove…

News from elsewhere on the web (27 Jan 2011)
Added: 27 Jan 2011
(27 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

India releases Rubber stats for October
Added: 27 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottatam, India -- The Rubber Board of India has published the October issue o…