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US butyl recycler for sale - reports
Added: 24 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Vicksburg Mississippi -- The United States biggest recycler of butyl rubber is…

Cooper to increase ownership of joint venture
Added: 24 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has received final approval from C…

Environment Agency to promote PAH oil message at Brityrex
Added: 24 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Manchester UK -- Organisers of Brityrex (5, 6 and 7 October at Manchester Cent…

Xiameter appoints North American distributor
Added: 24 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Midland, Michigan -- Dow Corning has named R.D. Abbott Company, Inc. to be a d…

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

Alliance raises prices in Europe
Added: 24 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Halsteren, Netherlands -- Due to the rising of raw materials, Alliance Tire Eu…

NR price hits new record in India
Added: 23 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Prices of nartural rubber rose to new record highs in India today. T…

Cooper Standard to generate $355 million by revising Chapter 11 plan
Added: 23 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Novi, Michigan -- Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., the parent company of Cooper-…

Public will not see alleged espionage pictures from Goodyear plant
Added: 23 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Knoxville, Tennessee -- The judge presiding over allegations of industrial esp…

EChA closes REACH-IT system until Thursday
Added: 23 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- EChA, the European Chemicals Agency charged with implemen…

News from elsewhere on the web (23 March 2010)
Added: 23 Mar 2010
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Marangoni, Kwik-Fit offer free tyre damage insurance to UK drivers
Added: 23 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- UK tyre retailer Kwik Fit has teamed up with Marangoni to offer peac…

UK drivers pay out for tyre damage
Added: 23 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- UK motorists spent an estimated £300 million on new tyre damage in …

UK motorists buying more part-worn tyres
Added: 23 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Tyresafe, the UK tyre safety body has issued new research showing th…

Chinese non-tyre rubber business analysed
Added: 23 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- Beijing Zeefer Consulting Ltd. has published a new report titled, C…

Global tyre industry recovers strongly in February
Added: 22 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market data for the month o…

NR supply responds to higher prices
Added: 22 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countrie…

Lanxess raises prices for rubber chemicals
Added: 22 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess is to increase the prices for certain rubber che…

Gajah Tunggal posts gross margin of 23 percent in 2009
Added: 22 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jakarta, Indonesia -- PT Gajah Tunggal Tbk. managed to overcome a difficult fi…

Court sets creditors' meeting in Denman bankruptcy
Added: 22 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Youngstown, Ohio -- The US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio, has …