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Tigar bonds will fund footwear growth
Added: 10 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Pirot, Serbia -- Serbian footwear company, Tigar Co. has issued a series of bo…

Bekaert reports solid Q3 sales
Added: 10 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kortrijk, Belgium -- Bekaert's sales for the first nine months of 2010 matched…

USW wants workers screened for lung cancer
Added: 10 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- The US-based United Steelworkers (USW) has issued …

New director at JK Tyre
Added: 10 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- JK Tyre & Industries Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchan…

W R Grace buys Chinese membrane supplier
Added: 10 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Wuhan, China -- W. R. Grace & Co. has bought the business and assets of Wuhan …

Abrahams to succeed Cooke as Chairman of Fenner PLC
Added: 10 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Colin Cooke, who has been Chairman of Fenner PLC for 17 years will b…

NR breaches $5.50 in Shanghai
Added: 9 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Prices of natural rubber hit record highs around the world, as fl…

JK Tyre sees profits fall in quarter
Added: 9 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
New Delhi, India -- JK Tyre has reported lower profits on higher sales for the…

News from elsewhere on the web (09 Nov 2010)
Added: 9 Nov 2010
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone does e-paper deal
Added: 9 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. and Delta Electronics have signed a major joint agr…

Strong sales improvement for online tyre retailer, Delticom
Added: 9 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Online tyre retailer Delticom has reported much stronger …

TPC holds Dutch Auction for its own stock
Added: 9 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- TPC Group Inc. has commenced a modified "Dutch auction" tend…

Simrit named as Supplier of the Year by United Tech
Added: 9 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Plymouth, Michigan -- Simrit's Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada facility was recen…

DP Seals help Limpet Technology defy gravity
Added: 9 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DRR)
Poole, UK -- A nitrile-rubber diaphragm lies at the heart of a novel system f…

Bridgestone US creates chief information officer position
Added: 9 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Nashville, Tennessee -- Bridgestone Americas has promoted Stephen Brooks, form…

Hundred up and climbing for Tyrexpo Asia 2011
Added: 9 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DRR)
Singapore -- More than 100 exhibitors from the international tyre, equipment …

Lanxess buys Rubber Chemicals from Flexsys
Added: 8 Nov 2010
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess has agreed to acquire two businesses from Flexsys, a division of Sol…

German rubber institute in Euro3.6M expansion
Added: 8 Nov 2010
Hanover, Germany -- The German Institute for Rubber Technology (DIK, Deutsche Institut für Kautsch…

ICIS says tyre makers substituting NR with cheaper SBR
Added: 8 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- In a brief, but informative, report on the market for styrene-butadi…

ECHA targets compounders for REACH compliance
Added: 8 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (DRR)
Helsinki -- The European Chemicals Agency has approved an enforcement project…