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Graphene in rubber offers significant performance benefits
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Princeton, New Jersey -- Researchers at Princeton University have been granted…

Stamford Tyres profits rocket for FY 2010
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- South East Asia's largest independent tyre and wheel distributor,…

Schaeffler sets up subsidiary to absorb Continental
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Herzogenaurach, Germany -- The Schaeffler Group has consolidated its operatio…

SPC Europe recruits purchasing manager from Avon Automotive
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Westbury UK -- SPC Europe has recruited former Avon Automotive purchasing expe…

Short SWOT analysis on Cabot is published
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a short report titled, Cabot Corp…

French market for replacement tyres studied
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, France After…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 June 2010)
Added: 29 Jun 2010
(18 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Re…

Samson marks 35 years in tyre equipment
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Sinfong Township, Taiwan -- Samson Machinery Inc. is marking 35 years in the t…

Refurbished venue will host Brityrex
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Manchester, UK -- Brityrex, the UK tyre show, takes place on 5 - 7 October 201…

Lanxess to add butyl capacity in Belgium
Added: 28 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG is to expand the production capacity of its b…

Yokohama to expand Thailand car tyre plant
Added: 28 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., is to increase capacity for car and lig…

Europeans want to supply to BMW
Added: 28 Jun 2010
By Douglas Bolduc ERJ staff report (AN)
Bilbao, Spain -- BMW AG is the automaker that suppliers in E…

News from elsewhere on the web (28 June 2010)
Added: 28 Jun 2010
(19 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Rhein Chemie: Thinking green, saving green
Added: 28 Jun 2010
By Brad Dawson, ERJ staff (R&PN)
Chardon, Ohio-Rubber chemicals supplier Rhein Chemie Corp. has made…

Bridgestone to restructure F1 activities
Added: 28 Jun 2010
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Brussels -- Bridgestone has said it will discontinue the manufacture of GP2…

Michelin forecasts future of tyres in Berlin
Added: 28 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Berlin -- Last Thursday and Friday, Michelin held an event at the ADAC Test Ce…

Lanxess to run a series of rubber days internationally
Added: 28 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Following the introduction of its original rubber day l…

Rubber prices hit new record in India
Added: 25 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
New Delhi, India -- Prices of natural rubber on Mumbai's NMCE (National Multi-…

European truck markets stabilise
Added: 25 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- In May 143,990 new commercial vehicles were registered in the EU, …

Lanxess raises prices for CR
Added: 25 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG has increased its worldwide prices by up to …