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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…

Tokai Rubber trebles income on 30 percent sales rise

Added: 8 Nov 2010

ERJ staff report (DRR)

Komaki, Japan -- Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd., Inc., the diversified rubber …

Goodyear survey shows EU drivers don't know about tyres

Added: 8 Nov 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- Drivers across Europe think that tyres are very important to road …

News from elsewhere on the web (08 Nov 2010)

Added: 8 Nov 2010

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Fenner to buy Australian conveyor belt maintanence companies

Added: 8 Nov 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Fenner PLC has begun the process of acquiring two conveyor belt main…

Ruia Group tyre partner may be Sumitomo

Added: 8 Nov 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kolkata, India -- Further to last week's reports that Ruia Group, through its …

Tyre prices to rise in wake of NR surge

Added: 8 Nov 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Shanghai, China -- A brief report from China Research and Intelligence says th…

Veyance names Hamilton new president, CEO

Added: 8 Nov 2010

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Fairlawn, Ohio -- Veyance Technologies Inc. has named John S. Hamilton presi…

TPE website offers free unit convertor

Added: 8 Nov 2010

ERJ staff report (DRR)

Rochester, Illinois - A free on-line service allowing users to convert 34 dif…

Dana seeks another CEO

Added: 8 Nov 2010

ERJ staff report (AN)

Detroit, Michigan -- Dana Holding Corp. CEO James Sweetnam resigned last week …

Profile of Junma Tyre Cord published

Added: 8 Nov 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Global Data has published a new report titled, Junma Tyre Cord Compa…

Trelleborg opens metal-treatment unit in Spain

Added: 8 Nov 2010

ERJ staff report (DRR)

Cascante, Spain -- Trelleborg Automotive, the leading global supplier of poly…

Bridgestone returns to profit for nine months

Added: 5 Nov 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. reported a profit for the first nine months of 2010…