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Malaysian NR production on the rise in April
Added: 14 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Malaysia's production of natural rubber is on the in…

Apollo declares lockout at Perambra plant
Added: 14 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kerala, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd has informed Bombay Stock Exchange that the …

China tyre production ahead in May
Added: 14 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- The Chinese Statistical Office says China's tyre production was up …

Excel introduces non-CSM compounds
Added: 14 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Solon, Ohio -- Excel Polymers Inc. has developed a family of compounds to fi…

Report published on China Sunsine
Added: 14 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Global Data has published a new report titled, China Sunsine Chemical…

Wacker to buy silicon-metal production site
Added: 14 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Munich, Germany -- Wacker Chemie AG has reached an agreement to buy Norwegia…

News from elsewhere on the web (14 June 2010)
Added: 14 Jun 2010
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Re…

RWI says raw materials bill is up by 40 percent
Added: 14 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dubai, UAE -- Global prices of chemical materials and rubber have increased by…

HF Mixing hosts events in US
Added: 14 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Ansonia, Connecticut -- HF Mixing Group is hosting two customer events in Ju…

Evonik raises carbon black prices
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Essen, Germany -- Evonik Industries is increasing prices for carbon black. Ru…

ContiTech goes for plastics blow-moulding
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Waltershausen, Germany -- ContiTech Fluid Technology is breaking into plastic …

RMA non-tyre spinoff group presents its vision
Added: 11 Jun 2010
By Edward Noga, Rubber & Plastics News Staff
Fairlawn, Ohio -- At the final annual meeting of the El…

UK aims to raise awareness of bladder cancer
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bristol, UK -- A UK-based group, Action on Bladder Cancer (ABC) aims to raise …

Magna centralises purchasing, expects to trim its suppliers
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (AN)
Windsor, Ontario -- In the wake of the recession, Magna North America has tigh…

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

CMAI's Thoelke to move to olefins
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Duesseldorf, Germany -- Matthew Thoelke, well-known to many in the polymer sec…

Marangoni expands into South Africa
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Rovereto, Italy -- Marangoni Retreading Systems is to cooperate with Marathon,…

Study finds 26% non-compliance with REACH
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Helsinki, Finland -- A project by a group connected to the European Chemical…

Gasket and seal market studied
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Global Industry Analysts has published a new report titled,…

World speciality silica market studied
Added: 11 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cleveland, Ohio -- Freedonia Group, Inc. has published a new report titled, Wo…