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News from elsewhere on the web (22 July 2010)
Added: 22 Jul 2010
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Conti highlights special-purpose rubber fuel tanks
Added: 22 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hanover, Germany -- Workers at Conti's facility in Behälterbau in Aachen are …

Styron to set up HQ in Philadelphia area
Added: 22 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Midland, Michigan -- Styron llc said it plans to set up its headquarters/Glo…

Conti optimises steam transport hoses
Added: 22 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hanover, Germany -- ContiTech has optimised its Dampf Trix 5000 and Dampf Trix…

Hexpol records strong growth in Q2
Added: 21 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm, Sweden -- Hexpol AB, the compounding specialist, has reported very …

SSL agrees terms of Reckitt Benckiser takeover
Added: 21 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
London -- UK-based healthcare group SSL International plc looks set to be acqu…

Trelleborg reports strong growth in second quarter
Added: 21 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm, Sweden -- Trelleborg AB reported growth across almost all its busin…

CGS to build Agri tyre plant in USA - report
Added: 21 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Charles City, Iowa -- CGS Tires is planning to build an agricultural tyre fact…

US wiper blade market studied
Added: 21 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Frost & Sullivan has published a report titled, Strategic Analysis of…

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

Rubber nanocomposite book published
Added: 21 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Dublin, Ireland -- John Wiley has published a new book titled, Rubber Nanocomp…

Sinopec's rubber output up in first half
Added: 21 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- Sinopec has announced results for the first half of 2010 and says o…

Upbeat outlook from Italian machinery association
Added: 21 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (PRW)
Milan, Italy -- Italian plastics and rubber machinery association Assocomapla…

Apollo's Chennai plant makes first OE shipment
Added: 21 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd. has shipped its first passenger tyres to…

Michelin, Claas sign cooperative pact
Added: 21 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Harsewinkel, Germany -- German agricultural machinery manufacturer Claas and…

Michelin, Air France-KLM ink long-term deal
Added: 21 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Greenville, South Carolina -- Michelin North America Inc. has signed two 10-…

Sibur's plastics unit to make automotive components
Added: 21 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow -- A Sibur affiliate is to make automotive components in polypropylene …

CGS confirms plan to build agri tyre plant in Iowa
Added: 21 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Prague, Czech Republic -- CGS AS has confirmed that it expects to announce at …

Hankook reports record sales in China, Korea and Hungary in Q2
Added: 20 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Hankook Tire said consolidated sales for the three months ende…

Fenner reports strong growth in Q3
Added: 20 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Fenner PLC, the belting systems supplier, said "trading across the w…