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Dubai firm says raw materials costs up by 15 percent in 2009
Added: 19 Aug 2009
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Dubai, UAE -- A Dubai-based rubber processor says the average price of rubber…

Tyrexpo to add India to portfolio in 2011
Added: 19 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Chennai, India -- Organisers of the Tyrexpo family of events have added India …

Schaeffler, banks set terms for €12 000 million financing
Added: 19 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Herzogenaurah, Germany -- Schaeffler Group has reached terms with its five co…

Malaysia, UK to sequence genome of Hevea brasiliensis
Added: 17 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- A joint Malaysian-UK research project is to investigate the fu…

Hankook guilty over Korean workers' deaths - report
Added: 17 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Daejeon, Korea -- Hankook Tire and some of its executives have been found guil…

Tokai sets up air spring JV in China
Added: 17 Aug 2009
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Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber and Sumitomo Electric have agreed to set up a joint vent…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 August 2009)
Added: 17 Aug 2009
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Ansell sees sales fall 10% in 12 months to June
Added: 17 Aug 2009
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Melbourne, Australia -- Ansell has reported profits (EBIT) of Aus$ 123.5 milli…

NHTSA denies RMA request for extension on tyre fuel efficiency rule
Added: 17 Aug 2009
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Washington DC -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ha…

Transcripts of USTR hearing available
Added: 17 Aug 2009
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Washington DC -- The Office of the US Trade Representative has posted transcri…

ExxonMobil waiting out global recession, preparing for recovery
Added: 14 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (PN)
By Frank Esposito
FAIRLAWN, OHIO (Aug. 13, 3:05 p.m. ET) - ExxonMobil Chemical…

Dow and Siam Cement reinforce plans for Asia elastomer plant
Added: 14 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (PN)
Bangkok , Thailand -- The drop in global chemicals demand will not slow a spec…

News from elsewhere on the web (14 August 2009)
Added: 14 Aug 2009
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Magna says it has accord to buy 55% of GM's Opel
Added: 14 Aug 2009
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Frankfurt, Germany (Reuters) -- Magna International Inc. and its Russian partn…

UK company recycles steelcord from scrap tyres
Added: 14 Aug 2009
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Birmingham, UK -- A UK- based recycling company claims to be the first in Euro…

Loss in tyres pushes Sumitomo into the red in first half
Added: 14 Aug 2009
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Kobe, Japan -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) fell $72.2 million into t…

Neumann "steps down" from Conti board
Added: 12 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann (48) has stepped down from his po…

Bridgestone revises '09 profit forecast upward
Added: 12 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
TOKYO (Aug. 7, 2009) - Bridgestone Corp. is revising upward its financial proj…

Lanxess reports profits down by 69%, sales down by 30% in Q2
Added: 12 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG has reported sales down by 30 percent, to eu…

Lanxess takes Nanoprene commercial
Added: 12 Aug 2009
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Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG said it is ready to take its Nanoprene produ…