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Cabot named in environmental lawsuit
Added: 26 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Boston, Massachusetts -- Carbon black and silica producer Cabot Corp. has been…

Sumitomo promotes Falken executive
Added: 26 Apr 2010
Tire Business staff report
Kobe, Japan -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) has promoted Yasushi…

Continental focuses on safety at Auto China 2010
Added: 26 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental is presenting its “Simplify your Drive†c…

McLube offers water-based lubricant for rubber parts
Added: 26 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Aston, Pennsylvania -- The McLube division of McGee Industries has developed a…

News from elsewhere on the web (26 April 2010)
Added: 26 Apr 2010
(11 items)
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Contitech Beattie wins UK Queen's Award for exports
Added: 23 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ashington UK -- ContiTech Beattie Ltd. has been honored with the prestigious Q…

Chinese specialist rubber machinery industry studied
Added: 23 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Reports from China has published a new report titled, China…

Kumho, S. Korea union workers reach accord, head off strike
Added: 23 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Rancho Cucamonga, California -- Kumho Tire Co. Inc., which has been in a finan…

News from elsewhere on the web (23 April 2010)
Added: 23 Apr 2010
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Contitech wins large airspring order from China
Added: 23 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Qingdao, China -- The new China Railways CRH1 high-speed train is being equipp…

Spot rubber on Tocom surges above $5 before falling back
Added: 23 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- April contracts on the TOCOM rubber exchange peaked at yen 472 ($5.05…

Chinese retreading industry studied
Added: 23 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Reports from China has published a new report titled, China…

Zodiac revenues fall in first half
Added: 23 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France -- Zodiac Aerospace saw sales and profits fall in …

Solutia-Flexsys to exit primary accelerator business
Added: 22 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
St Louis, Missouri -- Solutia Inc., the parent of Flexsys has announced its de…

Spot rubber hits $4.83 in Tokyo
Added: 22 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices for short-dated natural rubber contracts broke through the ¥45…

Hankook to build third tyre plant in China -- reports
Added: 22 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China -- Local press are reporting that Hankook held a press confere…

Hankook's global profits recover in Q1
Added: 22 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Hankook Tire has recovered strongly after a poor first quarter…

Michelin to close Missouri aircraft tyre retread plant
Added: 22 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Kansas City Missouri Michelin North America Inc.'s decision to add aircraft ty…

News from elsewhere on the web (22 April 2010)
Added: 22 Apr 2010
(22 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

NAD advises Michelin to change US advertising
Added: 22 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
NEW YORK-The advertising industry's self-regulatory forum has recommended that…