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Lanxess to raise prices of polychloroprene
Added: 22 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG is to increase prices for its Baypren brande…

News from elsewhere on the web (22 Dec 2010)
Added: 22 Dec 2010
(21 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Freudenberg develops rubber-based CV joint
Added: 22 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany -- Freudenberg has developed a new form of elastomer-based c…

RMA says Winter tyres are most common in Quebec
Added: 22 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mississauga, Ontario -- The Rubber Association of Canada has released their fi…

Continental denies it plans to drop Schaeffler merger plan
Added: 22 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (AN)
Frankfurt, Germany (Reuters) -- German supplier Continental AG today denied a …

UK Tranport Minister admits mistakes on Winter tyres
Added: 22 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Following a debacle over a week ago, the UK Transport Minister, Phil…

Amerityre announces new PU compound for heavy duty forklifts
Added: 22 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boulder City, Nevada -- Amerityre Corp. said it has developed a new material f…

Styron predicts 10% growth for S-SBR
Added: 21 Dec 2010
By David Shaw, ERJ staff report
London -- Styron expects demand for solution-SBR to grow at 10 perce…

NR approaches $5 around the world
Added: 21 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Natural Rubber prices are once more hitting all-time highs. In Tokyo…

Cooper boosting ownership stakes in Mexico
Added: 21 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will increase its ownership of its …

News from elsewhere on the web (21 Dec 2010)
Added: 21 Dec 2010
(04 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

EChA to work with US Environmental Protection Agency
Added: 21 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki -- The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the United States Environ…

Conti to increase truck tyre prices in Europe
Added: 21 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Continental said on 17 December that it will increase pric…

Titan locks out workers at 3 US tyre plants
Added: 21 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Quincy, Illinois -- Titan Tire Corp. has locked out union members at its three…

Trelleborg buys US seals distributor, Lutz
Added: 21 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm, Sweden -- Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is to buy US company Lutz Sa…

Asia Carbon begins trading on NYSE
Added: 21 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York -- The parent of Taiyuan HongXing Carbon Black Limited, has begin tra…

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…