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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

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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…

Cooper names new head of US tyre unit

Added: 4 Jan 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has named Christopher Ostrander to P…

Yokohama wins fitment on Audi A7

Added: 4 Jan 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. said its Advan Sport tyre has been fitte…

Kinugawa sets up Chinese unit

Added: 3 Jan 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd., Inc is to set up a new company …

TSRC to buy Dexco Polymers

Added: 3 Jan 2011

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Taipei, Taiwan -- Taiwanese synthetic rubber producer TSRC Corp. has announc…

Russian billionaire buys half of Sibur

Added: 3 Jan 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Moscow -- Russian billionaire Leonid Mikhelson has purchased 50 percent of Sib…