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Asahi Kasei to build S-SBR plant in Singapore
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Asahi Kasei Chemicals has said it will construct a new plant to p…

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

Imerys raises prices in N America
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Atlanta, georgia -- Imerys Performance Minerals North America has announced pr…

Asian NR markets follow upward trend - IRCo
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bangkok -- Rubber prices tested $4 / kg across Asia, according to the weekly p…

Change a flat? What's that?
Added: 18 Oct 2010
By Bruce Davis ERJ staff
Detroit, Michigan -- For decades, US the auto and tyre industries have cha…

Michelin rolls out software for tyre retailers in Australia
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melbourne, Australia -- Michelin is rolling out a new electronic ordering syst…

USTR launches trade investigation of China's 'green' technologies
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC --At the request of the United Steelworkers (USW) union, the Off…

Land Rover approves Conti winter tyres for OE
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Continental's ContiCrossContact Winter tyres have been approved in s…

Trelleborg AVS wins fitments in Malaysia
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg Industrial AVS has won the contract to supply…

US non-tyre rubber good business studied
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Supplier Relations US has published a new report titled, Ru…

Report studies isoprene, 1,3 butadiene
Added: 18 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Merchant Research and Consulting Ltd has published a new re…

European car production decline continues
Added: 15 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- EU September registrations of new cars decreased by 9.6 percent co…

Pirelli revises 2010 forecasts upwards
Added: 15 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is revising upward its sales and earnings …

Conti commissions new hose lines in Mexico
Added: 15 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mexico City -- ContiTech Fluid Mexicana S.A. de C.V. officially began producti…

News from elsewhere on the web (15 Oct 2010)
Added: 15 Oct 2010
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Re…

One third of UK motorists buy tyres online - Delticom
Added: 15 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Price, choice and convenience are the principle reasons wh…

UK hose maker fined for safety breaches
Added: 15 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Chichester, UK -- A Chichester rubber hose manufacturer has been fined £12,00…

Bridgestone launches multimedia tyre safety website
Added: 15 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cyberspace -- Bridgestone has launched a website designed to boost awareness o…

Wacker buys South Korean silicone facility
Added: 15 Oct 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Munich, Germany -- Wacker Chemicals Korea Inc. signed an agreement to purch…

WTO releases preliminary report supporting tyre tariffs, BNA says
Added: 15 Oct 2010
Miles Moore, ERJ staff (TB)
Washington DC -- Supporters of the tariffs the Obama administration levi…