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European car sales fell 5.5% in 2010
Added: 14 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- The EU market for new passenger cars declined by 5.5 percent, with…

Cooper continues to upgrade Mississippi tyre plant
Added: 14 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tupelo, Mississippi -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will invest $9 million (euro 6…

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

Freudenberg aims to replace the O-ring with a T-ring
Added: 14 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany -- Freudenberg has developed a new seal for pneumatic cylind…

Westmoonint adds E-SBR to product range
Added: 14 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hong Kong -- WestMoonint has started selling styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) ma…

IRSG cancels Abidjan World Rubber Summit
Added: 14 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has said it will not …

Five more join IRSG Panel of Associates
Added: 14 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) said five more compan…

Tyre dealerships in US studied
Added: 14 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- First Research has published a short report titled, Tire De…

Zeon to build 70kt/year S-SBR plant in Singapore
Added: 13 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Zeon Corp. has announced the new construction of Solution Polymerised…

Flexitech buys Trelleborg's Brazilian brake hose unit
Added: 13 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm -- Trelleborg AB is to sell for SEK 65 M (Euro 7.3 million) its oper…

Evonik raises carbon black prices again
Added: 13 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Essen, Germany -- Evonik Carbon Black GmbH, a subsidiary of Evonik Industries,…

Rhein Chemie buys Darmex
Added: 13 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG's Rhein Chemie subsidiary has acquired Arg…

News from elsewhere on the web (13 Jan 2011)
Added: 13 Jan 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Tesco joins with Blackcircles to offer tyres to UK consumers
Added: 13 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cheshunt, Herts, UK -- Tesco, Britain's most powerful retailer, has formed a j…

Malaysia's NR production rose in November
Added: 13 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia's production of natural rubber reached 73,100 tonnes …

DuPont buys Bio-Isoprene parent
Added: 13 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Wilmington, Delaware -- DuPont is to buy Danisco, a global enzyme and specialt…

IISRP announces new SBR grades based on unlabelled oils
Added: 13 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers …

Yokohama to launch BluEarth tyre in Tokyo
Added: 13 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., is to launch a new concept called BluEa…

Lanxess to boost political lobbying
Added: 13 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG is intensifying communication with political…

Hexpol launches previously-announced Rights Issue
Added: 13 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm, Sweden -- As part of its previously-announced financing package to …