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ContiTech acquires conveyor belt operations from Metso
Added: 1 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hannover -- ContiTech Conveyor Belt Group has acquired the operations  of Fle…

Yokohama opens store at Nurburgring
Added: 1 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo -- The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. Has opened the “Yokohama Storeâ€, man…

Bridgestone establishes sales company in Vietnam
Added: 1 Apr 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone has established a new tyre sales company based in Ho Chi …

Silane-based steel-rubber bonding patent leads to new tyre designs
Added: 31 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Cincinnati, Ohio -- Chief scientist of Ecosil, Emeritus Vanooij, and his co-in…

Lanxess raises prices for chloroprene rubber
Added: 31 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG is increasing prices for CR (chloroprene rub…

Bridgestone to build second tyre plant in India
Added: 31 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. plans to invest yen 50 000 million (Euro 400 millio…

ElringKlinger reports higher sales in second half
Added: 31 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dettingen/Erms, Germany -- ElringKlinger Group has reported an 11.9 percent de…

Marangoni claims strong position in Russian retread market
Added: 31 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Rovereto, Italy -- Marangoni Retreading Systems has made significant investmen…

News from elsewhere on the web (31 March 2010)
Added: 31 Mar 2010
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

TIA & SEMA join for global tyre expo
Added: 31 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Bowie, Maryland -- The Tire Industry Association (TIA) and Specialty Equipment…

Marangoni announces further price increases in Q2
Added: 31 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Rovereto, Italy -- Marangoni expects to increase prices again in the second qu…

Vystar files patent for more applications for its de-proteinised NR
Added: 31 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Atlanta, Georgia -- Vystar Corp said it has filed a provisional patent applica…

Bekaert releases annual report
Added: 31 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kortrijk, Belgium -- Steelcord supplier Bekaert has released its annual report…

Bridgestone Bandag names Damon vp of marketing
Added: 31 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Muscatine, Iowa -- Bridgestone Americas has promoted Scott Damon to vice presi…

Chinese rubber products market studied
Added: 31 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Reports from China has published a new report titled, China…

A1GP race series assets for sale
Added: 31 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
London -- The liquidator for A1 Grand Prix Operations Ltd. is selling the raci…

Pappas named as new Styron ceo
Added: 31 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Midland, Michigan -- STY Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of Bain Capital forme…

Daetwyler reports lower sales, profits for 2009
Added: 30 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Schattdorf, Switzerland -- Daetwyler Group reported positive sales and profits…

Apollo to invest $40 million in South Africa
Added: 30 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Durban, South Africa -- Apollo Tyres South Africa Ltd. will invest $40 million…

Kuraray to enter acrylic TPE business
Added: 30 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Kuraray is to establish facilities at its Niigata Plant to make 5000 …