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Rapra de-vulcanisation process wins government funding
Added: 3 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shropshire, UK -- Smithers Rapra has won around euro 1 million in funding for…

Dow Corning adds Chinese silicone rubber to Xiameter website
Added: 3 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China: The Xiameter web-enabled business model from Dow Corning is l…

DSM confirms possible split of Elastomers business
Added: 3 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Further to press reports last week, DSM Elastomers has confirmed tha…

G & L Beijer buys Swedish rubber product maker Slang-Pac
Added: 3 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm -- G & L Beijer AB has acquired the hose and rubber company, Slang-P…

Cooper posts improved results in third quarter
Added: 3 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio (Nov. 2, 2009) - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. posted a net profit of…

Sir Tom Farmer to present keynote at Tyrexpo Africa
Added: 3 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Sir Tom Farmer CVO CBE KCSG DL, founder of the Kwik-Fit tyre retail…

Myers completes sale of rubber businesses to Zhongding
Added: 3 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Akron., Ohio -- Myers Industries Inc. has completed the sale of Michigan Rub…

Yokohama says it is developing next-generation innerliner
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Tyres using Yokohama's Airtex innerliner are already in the marketpla…

JK Tyre returns to profit on higher sales
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
New Delhi -- JK Tyre and Industry has reported higher sales and profits for th…

OTR tyre import duties sent back for review
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
NEW YORK (Oct. 30, 2009) - The U.S. Department of Commerce has until late Dece…

News from elsewhere on the web (02 Nov 2009)
Added: 2 Nov 2009
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone to exit F1 after next season
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to withdraw from F1 sport at the end of the 2010…

Michelin links with badminton shoe company
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin has linked with French company Babolat to create the world's…

Tokai Rubber opens office in Shanghai
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China -- Tokai Rubber Industries has opened a representative office …

Conti, Hoosier in 'strategic alliance'
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Fort Mill, South Carolina- Continental Tire North America Inc. (CTNA) and Hoos…

Firestone counters Liberian government finding of water pollution
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Monrovia, Liberia -- Firestone Liberia has countered a government report fin…

Falken to distribute Ohtsu medium truck tyres in N. America
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Fontana, California -- Falken Tire Corp. will become the North American distri…

Rapra re-releases book on history of rubber greed
Added: 2 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shropshire, UK -- History, war, bloodshed and even romance ... it's all contai…

Yokohama's sales, earnings fall in first half
Added: 30 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., said sales in the six months to 30 Septem…

Yokohama to further expand Chinese plant
Added: 30 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. is to increase its Phase IV expansion of…