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India to help growers through PSF
Added: 26 May 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
New Delhi -- India's govermment is to help growers through the Price Stabilisa…

News from elsewhere on the web (26 May 2010)
Added: 26 May 2010
(12 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone US to finance science centre for students
Added: 26 May 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Prescott, Arkansas -- Bridgestone Americas' Firestone Building Products Co. …

Canadian company enters UK dairy mat business
Added: 26 May 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Daventry, UK -- A Canadian company aims to enter the UK market for rubber floo…

Ireland may scrap voluntary EoL tyre agreements
Added: 25 May 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Ireland's Environment Minister is considering scrapping the…

Goodyear to close Taiwan tyre factory in July
Added: 25 May 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Taipei, Taiwan -- Goodyear's Taiwan subsidiary is to close its only plant, loc…

NR prices rise after recent drop; SIR 20 reaches $3.13 /kg
Added: 25 May 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- Natural rubber (NR) prices have rebounded to near-record leve…

MesoAmericans vulcanised rubber 3000 years before Goodyear
Added: 25 May 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston Massachusetts - New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Techno…

News from elsewhere on the web (25 May 2010)
Added: 25 May 2010
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Titan may sell some Denman assets
Added: 25 May 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Quincy, Illinois -- Titan Tire Corp. probably will consider divesting some o…

Americas International joins IISRP
Added: 25 May 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- Americas International Inc. has become the latest company …

Tokai revises mid-term management plan
Added: 24 May 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber Industries Inc. has revised its mid-term management plan…

Columbian to raise carbon black prices
Added: 24 May 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Marietta, Georgia -- Columbian Chemicals Co. will increase prices by 5 cents…

For North America's top auto suppliers, bad got worse in '09
Added: 24 May 2010
By Robert Sherefkin ERJ staff (AN)
Detroit, Michigan -- Sales at North America's largest suppliers t…

Global synthetic fibres market studied
Added: 24 May 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Global Industry Analysts, Inc.has published a new report ti…

News from elsewhere on the web (24 May 2010)
Added: 24 May 2010
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Michelin uses sunflower oil in US version of Primacy all-season tyre
Added: 24 May 2010
By Kathy McCarron, ERJ staff
Greenville, South Carolina -- It seems Michelin North America Inc. (MNA…

Titan to evaluate consumer-related Denman assets
Added: 24 May 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Quincy, Illinois - Titan Tire Corp. will probably look to divest some of the c…

IRSG adds 3 to Panel of Associates
Added: 24 May 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Singapore -- The International Rubber Study Group has added three members to i…

Global tyre recovery in full swing
Added: 21 May 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market data for the month o…