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Philippines to set up rubber authority
Added: 1 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Manila -- A Philippines lawmaker has filed a measure that would create the Phi…

Ley Rubber moving to new facility
Added: 1 Dec 2010
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Liverpool, UK - Ley Rubber, a moulding and extrusions company, is moving t…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 Dec 2010)
Added: 1 Dec 2010
(18 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Pirelli lines up euro 1200 million 5-year line of credit
Added: 1 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli & C SpA has secured a five-year revolving line of cred…

Hexpol closes Excel acquisition
Added: 1 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Malmo, Sweden -- Hexpol AB has completed the acquisition of US rubber compound…

Freudenberg develops HNBR seal for wind turbines
Added: 1 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany -- Freudenberg Simrit has developed a so-called Enviromatic …

ISO highlights condom standards on world AIDS day
Added: 1 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva -- Today, 1 December, is World AIDS Day, and ISO has taken the oportuni…

Trelleborg installs world's largest test press in Singapore
Added: 1 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Trelleborg Engineered Systems in Singapore has commissioned the w…

Yokohama Rubber formulates biodiversity guidelines
Added: 1 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has formulated guidelines for the prese…

Ineos enters styrenics business with BASF
Added: 1 Dec 2010
By Charlotte Eyre ERJ staff (EPN)
Frankfurt, Germany -- BASF SE and Ineos Industries Holdings Ltd. a…

Pirelli presents 2011 calendar in Moscow
Added: 30 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow -- Pirelli has presented its 2011 calendar in Moscow. The cal this year…

NR supply to fall in Q4 - ANRPC
Added: 30 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) …

Small car production falls 31 percent in Japan in October
Added: 30 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Japan's automotive manufacturers Association JAMA said production of …

News from elsewhere on the web (30 Nov 2010)
Added: 30 Nov 2010
(21 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

OSHA to hit Cooper with $200,000 fine
Added: 30 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Findlay, Ohio -- The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health A…

Shin Han Chemical grants tyre ink licence to Rhein Chemie
Added: 30 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mannheim, Germany -- South Korea's Shin Han Chemical Co. Ltd., has granted a l…

More details emerge on Ceat brand
Added: 30 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- RPG Group company, has officially announced that it is acquir…

Pirelli finalises sale of Broadband unit
Added: 30 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli has completed the sale of Pirelli Broadband Solutions …

EPA lists 134 chemicals to be tested
Added: 30 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has listed 134 c…

Today is REACH deadline
Added: 30 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki -- Today is the first deadline for registration under REACH (Registra…