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News from elsewhere on the web (06 Dec 2010)
Added: 6 Dec 2010
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Eliokem raises prices for NBR materials
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Villejust, France -- Eliokem has anounced a price increase of up to Rs 12 (Eur…

Evonik raises prices for carbon black
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Essen, Germany -- Evonik Industries, Essen, is increasing prices for Carbon Bl…

Conti nominates Siegfried Wolf to replace Koerfer on Supervisory Board
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Prof. Siegfried Wolf is nominated to become a member of t…

Bridgestone to raise Japanese tyre prices
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to raise prices on March 1, 2011 for truck and b…

Maxxis wins Peugeot OE fitment
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Maxxis has developed its MA-510 tyre in conjunction with PSA specifi…

White Cross rubber compounds get potable water agreement
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (PRW)
Lancaster-based White Cross Rubber Products has won approvals for its new EPD…

Top 100 US tyre makers studied
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- First Research has published a short report titled, Tire Ma…

Nanotube rubber can operate from -200C to 1000C
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York -- A paper published in the magazine Science this week, reports on re…

Bridgestone to halve rubber use by 2020-report
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp., the world's largest tyre maker, plans to cut its r…

News from elsewhere on the web (03 Dec 2010)
Added: 3 Dec 2010
(21 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Netherlands study shows Winter tyres reduce accidents
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Birmingham, UK -- ATS Euromaster is pointing to the results of a Dutch survey …

UK minister rules out Winter tyre legislation
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- In response to a question, Philip Hammond The UK Secretary of State …

World Butadiene Analysis 2011 now available
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) has published a new …

US Nov. vehicle sales jump 17 percent as market gains strength
Added: 3 Dec 2010
By Jesse Snyder and David Barkholz, Crain News Service
Detroit, Michigan -- US car and truck sales j…

Lanxess promotes road safety at RubberDay India
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
New Delhi, India -- At the first "Lanxess Rubber Day India", experts from poli…

Momentive shows videos promoting NXT silane
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Albany, New York -- Momentive Performance Materials said its NXT silane can h…

WestMoonInt opens new website
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hong Kong -- Westmoonint's new English site unveils itself on Thursday. The Ch…

RMA predicts 2% rise in tyre shipments next year
Added: 2 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington DC -- US replacement tyre shipments should achieve 9-percent incr…

Trial of former Wyko engineers begins in Knoxville
Added: 2 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Knoxville, Tennessee -- Two former employees of Wyko Tire Technology Inc. have…