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Euro Rubber Lines offers equipment from Bridgestone Australia
Added: 21 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Blackpool, UK -- Euro Rubber Lines Ltd has branched out into the Asia-Pacific …

DOJ requires plant sale before approving deal
Added: 21 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington DC --The US Department of Justice said L.B. Foster Co. must dives…

Bridgestone hold quality conference
Added: 21 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp. held its First Bridgestone Global TQM Conference on …

Michelin's Lifestyle unit to expand range
Added: 21 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stoke-on-Trent UK -- Michelin's lifestyle division is set to increase the rang…

Yokohama plants trees in Vietnam
Added: 21 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that on Saturday, Dece…

Styron to add 50 kt/year S-SBR line in Schkopau
Added: 20 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Schkopau, Germany -- Styron today (20 December) announced that the company wil…

IRCo reports continued price increases in natural rubber
Added: 20 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- The International Rubber Consortium Limited (IRCo) reported fu…

India releases NR statistics for November
Added: 20 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
New Delhi -- The Indian Rubber Board published on 20 December the November edi…

Trelleborg buys polyurethane seal maker
Added: 20 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm -- Trelleborg's Engineered Systems business area, is to acquire PPL …

Yokohama to change fiscal year
Added: 20 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., on 20 December said it would change its f…

News from elsewhere on the web (20 Dec 2010)
Added: 20 Dec 2010
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Dubai Investment company buys Saudi Rubber company
Added: 20 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dammam, Saudi Arabia -- Masharie, the private equity arm of Dubai Investments …

Rubber Division issues call for papers
Added: 20 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Akron, Ohio -- The ACS Rubber Division is seeking papers to be presented at it…

Titan's Taylor: 'We trump everybody' in farm tyres
Added: 20 Dec 2010
By William Schertz, ERJ staff report (TB)
Quincy, Illinois -- Goodyear's European and Latin American…

Polimeri Europa analysed by SWOT
Added: 20 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Global Data has published a report titled, Polimeri Europa S.p.A. - …

Mexichem buying AlphaGary for $300 million
Added: 20 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (PN)
Mexico City -- Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V. is paying $300 million to buy compounde…

Formosan Rubber analysed by SWOT
Added: 20 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Global Data has published a new report titled, FORMOSAN RUBBER GROUP…

Tyre labels change attitudes, buying habits in Japan
Added: 17 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Japanese buyers are prepared to pay more for tyres with labels demons…

Sumitomo, Hyosung form JVs for steelcord in Thailand, China
Added: 17 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. has agreed with Hyosung Corporatio…

Michelin confirms continuation of tyre market recovery
Added: 17 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market…