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Japan's car production jumped 21.1% in 2010
Added: 31 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo - The Japanese Automobile Manufacturers' Association (JAMA) has publish…

Aditya Birla to buy Columbian Chemicals - confirmed
Added: 31 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India-- Aditya Birla Group has entered into
a definitive agreem…

Nine-month sales, and profits rise at Yokohama
Added: 31 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo--The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today (31 January) that its sa…

Yokohama to add capacity in Philippines
Added: 31 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today (31 January) that it wo…

Tokyo NR prices fell on Monday
Added: 31 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Natural rubber (NR) prices declined over the weekend and during trad…

News from elsewhere on the web (31 Jan 2011)
Added: 31 Jan 2011
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Momentive raises SBR latex prices
Added: 31 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Columbus Ohio -- Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., said last week (27 Jan) t…

Swedish researchers find isothiocyanates created in rubber products
Added: 31 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gothenburg, Sweden -- Common rubber products can form isothiocyanates in conta…

IMF's World Economic Outlook says commodities to stay high
Added: 31 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva -- The International Monetary Fund has published its most recent versio…

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…