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Website offers to sell latex-free gloves
Added: 1 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cyberspace - A new website appears to cater for those who want to buy non-late…

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

Short report published on Kuraray
Added: 1 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland - Global Data has published a new report titled, Kuraray Co., …

Tokai appoints new Auto hose manager
Added: 1 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Tokai Rubber industries has said Iwasaki Saki Minoru has been appointe…

CGS confirms $44 million Iowa farm tyre plan
Added: 1 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Charles City, Iowa -- Czech tyre maker CGS Tyres has confirmed its previously …

Teklas to use water injection moulding for plastic components
Added: 1 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kappel-Grafenhausen, Germany -- Teklas Kaucuk A.S. is known as an innovative …

Michelin UK gets new CEO
Added: 1 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stoke on Trent, UK -- Eric Le Corre has been appointed as Managing Director fo…

IOM plan October conference on Modelling of Elastomeric Materials and Products
Added: 1 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - The Rubber in Engineering Group of the Polymer Society is organising …

Yokohama targets commercial tyre dealers, fleets with SmartSolution
Added: 1 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Fullerton, California -- Yokohama Tire Corp. has launched SmartSolution, a com…

Profiles factories can cut vulcanisation energy costs by 30 percent
Added: 1 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Alsdorf, Germany -- At the “K-2010†trade fair, curing and flocking specia…

Bridgestone supports flood relief in Pakistan
Added: 1 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corporation announced that it will donate 2 million yen …

Styron names more board members
Added: 1 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Midland, Michigan -- Styron has announced three new members to the company's e…

Nynas to add hydrogen capacity in Sweden
Added: 1 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nynäshamn, Sweden - Nynas has opened a specialised hydrogen plant in in NynÅ

Bridgestone tops Group Michelin as No. 1 tyre maker
Added: 31 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
London - Bridgestone Corp. retained the title of world's No. 1 tyre maker in 2…

JAMA releases vehicle data for July
Added: 31 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- JAMA, the Japanese vehicle manufacturers' association has released pr…

TUV Rheinland opens tech centre in Bangkok
Added: 31 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bangkok, Thailand -- TUV Rheinland AG has officially opened its Global Technol…

Evonik launches new speciality silica materials
Added: 31 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Essen, Germany -- Evonik Industries has introduced two new speciality silica m…

News from elsewhere on the web (31 August 2010)
Added: 31 Aug 2010
(21 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

US proposes new labels for vehicle fuel economy, emissions
Added: 31 Aug 2010
By Neil Roland, ERJ staff (AN)
Washington DC -- Consumers shopping for new cars would be able to com…

William Tessmer, retired IISRP head, dies at 81
Added: 31 Aug 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- William Tessmer, longtime Exxon Chemical Co. executive who…