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Analysts report more investment in synthetic rubber plants
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Sugar land, Texas -- Analysts Industrial Info Resources say that synthetic rub…

Qi Xiang to build Nd-BR plant in China - reports
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hong Kong -- A series of Chinese language reports suggest that two companies a…

Is Firestone leaving IndyCar competition?
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (AW)
Detroit, Michigan -- The Firestone brand's return to the Izod IndyCar Series m…

US car sales expected to hit 13 million
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Detroit, Michigan -- Auto makers Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. are for…

Lewis-Goetz buys two US distributors
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Lewis-Goetz and Co. Inc. has acquired most of th…

DKNY links with Veuve Clicquot to make upmarket wellies
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York -- High fashion chain DKNY has introduced a pair of upmarket rubber b…

Tokai names Masayuki as research director
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber Industries has promoted Hibi Masayuki to the post of Man…

Caterpillar wins zero waste rating at UK sites
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Peoria, Illinois -- Two UK-based facilities of the caterpillar organisation ha…

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…