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Global tyre recovery continues unabated
Added: 18 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market data for the month o…

Dow Europe raises EPDM prices
Added: 18 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Horgen, Switzerland -- Effective from 1 July, 2010, or as contract terms allow…

Goodyear fails to take Indian subsidiary private
Added: 18 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber has failed in its bid to buy out external sha…

Bain closes acquisition of Dow's Styron unit
Added: 18 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts -- The Dow Chemical Company and private equity company B…

Toyoda Gosei suffers strike in China - report
Added: 18 Jun 2010
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Tianjin, China -- Japanese automotive seals maker Toyoda Gosei has suffered a …

News from elsewhere on the web (17 June 2010)
Added: 18 Jun 2010
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

UK aftermarket for tyres studied
Added: 18 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, UK Aftermark…

ODNR awards grants for scrap tyre cleanup
Added: 18 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Columbus, Ohio -- Grants have been awarded to 28 scrap tyre cleanup projects…

US conveyor belting business studied
Added: 18 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Supplier Relations US has published a new report titled, Co…

Pirelli begins safety campaign on Italian roads
Added: 18 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Rome -- In collaboration with 'Autostrade per l'Italia' and Telepass, Pirelli …

UK tyre body supports recycling scheme
Added: 18 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- TyreSafe, the UK's leading tyre safety organisation is to support th…

Weymans says crisis is behind us
Added: 17 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Dr. Guenther Weymans, Head of the Technical Rubber Prod…

Lanxess raises prices of NBR materials
Added: 17 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG has increased its prices effective June 15th …

Kraiburg TPE launches 170°C thermoplastic elastomer
Added: 17 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen - Hipex, a TPV from Kraiburg TPE has unusually high heat and oil re…

DuPont Elastomers now shipping last stocks of Hypalon
Added: 17 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beaumont, Texas -- Dupont Performance Elastomers said it ceased manufacture of…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 June 2010)
Added: 17 Jun 2010
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Maplan, Lanxess cooperate on HNBR moulding systems
Added: 17 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG and Maplan are working together to get the b…

PAH ban may be extended to non-tyre goods
Added: 17 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Dr. Guenther Weymans, Head of the Technical Rubber Prod…

Nokian publishes environmental report
Added: 16 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nokia, Finland -- Nokian Tyres has published its environmental report for 2009…

Trelleborg sets up Tech centre in Shanghai
Added: 16 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China -- Trelleborg Automotive will establish a new R&D centre in Sh…