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Report looks at global rubber glove business
Added: 22 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- Koncept Analytics has published a report titled, Global Rubbe…

Report studies risks of tyre manufacturing in Australia
Added: 22 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- IBISWorld has published a new report titled, Tyre Manufacturing in A…

Evonik to close Botlek carbon black plant
Added: 21 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Essen, Germany -- Evonik is to cease production at its carbon black plant in B…

Malaysia proposes NR bloc to stabilise prices
Added: 21 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Malaysia has proposed creating a regional bloc-based…

Appeals court remands Toyo-GTY case
Added: 21 Jun 2010
Tire Business staff report
San Francisco, US -- Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc.'s lawsuit agains…

News from elsewhere on the web (21 June 2010)
Added: 21 Jun 2010
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Re…

Apollo: Perambra lockout is unreasonable
Added: 21 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Gurgaon, India -- Satish Sharma, Apollo Tyres chief, India Operations, has spo…

Tyrexpo Africa 2012 dates confirmed
Added: 21 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
London -- Tyre trade show Tyrexpo Africa 2012 will take place 6-8 March 2012 a…

Sibur eyes major expansion in butadiene rubber
Added: 21 Jun 2010
By Eugene Gerden, Plastics & Rubber Weekly
Moscow -- Russian petrochemicals giant Sibur is planning …

Bridgestone announces 2010 Eco-Rally
Added: 21 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo -- The fourth annual Bridgestone Eco-Rally, taking place in the UK on 7 …

Passat CC uses self-sealing tyre from Conti
Added: 21 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hanover, Germany - The ContiSportContact 3 tyre from Continental AG will be fi…

Carbon black market to grow 2% in 2010
Added: 21 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Limassol, Cyprus -- A new report entitled, Carbon Black (BC): World Market Out…

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
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tianjin, China -- Japanese automotive seals maker Toyoda Gosei has suffered a …

News from elsewhere on the web (17 June 2010)
Added: 18 Jun 2010
(22 items)
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…