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NR Prices still hitting all-time-highs
Added: 5 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Prices of natural rubber around the world show little sign of revers…

NR supply to fall in Q4 - ANRPC
Added: 5 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur - The ANRPC has revised downwards its forecasts for natural rubbe…

EChA received over 3 million notifications
Added: 5 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki -- By 3 January 2011, EChA, the European Chemicals Agency charged wit…

AIAG names John Batchik as Chairman
Added: 5 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Southfield, Michigan -- John Batchik, vice president, quality at Freudenberg-N…

News from elsewhere on the web (05 January 2011)
Added: 5 Jan 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

UK import and exports of vulcanised rubber studied
Added: 5 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- ICON Group International has published a new report titled,…

Managers and private equity firm buy Flow Polymers
Added: 5 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (PN)
Cleveland, Ohio -- Flow Polymers Inc., a plastics and rubber additives supplie…

Trelleborg finalises acquisition of PPL
Added: 5 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm -- Trelleborg's acquisition of the privately owned UK company PPL Po…

Indian government defends GM rubber trees
Added: 5 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
New Delhi - The Indian government, through its Ministry of Environment and For…

Yokohama's Salem plant wins top Environmental rating
Added: 5 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd, said its Salem plant was recognised in Dece…

NR hitting new highs: TOCOM touching $5.20
Added: 4 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Prices of natural rubber around the world show little sign of revers…

News from elsewhere on the web (04 Jan 2011)
Added: 4 Jan 2011
(20 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Conference will address NR land grab in Cambodia
Added: 4 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Siem Reap, Cambodia -- A conference scheduled for 21-22 February will address …

Cheng Shin discusses plant expansions - report
Added: 4 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Taipei, Taiwan -- Cheng Shin has given more details of its previously-announce…

Merger of Elgi, Titan set for 12 Jan
Added: 4 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- Elgi Rubber Company Ltd told the Bombay Stock Exchange on 29 …

DuPont to expand China R&D facility
Added: 4 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (PN)
Wilmington, Delaware -- DuPont Co. is doubling the size of its research and de…

Nevada Supreme Court denies rehearing to Goodyear in wrongful death case
Added: 4 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Carson City, Nevada -- Goodyear must pay $32.2 million in liability for an Aug…

April Miller Boise leaves Thompson Hine for Veyance Technologies
Added: 4 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (CCB)
Chicago, Illinois -- April Miller Boise, the only black female head of a majo…

Getting to 35.5: The ABCs of mpg
Added: 4 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Detroit, Michigan -- When gasoline prices blew past $3 a gallon last week, the…

Federal-Mogul plant explosion hurts 4 contract workers in Virginia, company says
Added: 4 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Blacksburg, Virginia (Bloomberg) -- An explosion at a Federal-Mogul Corp. plan…