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Tirex air-cooling technology to be used in Malaysian granulation plant

Added: 15 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Westport, Connecticut -- An Italian licensee of Tirex Corp. is to supply a cry…

Lanxess uses e-systems to link suppliers

Added: 15 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Exton Pennsylvania -- Lanxess AG says it has streamlined its infrastructure a…

News from elsewhere on the web (15 July 2009)

Added: 15 Jul 2009

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone Americas lays off 91 at OTR plant

Added: 15 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Bloomington, Illinois - Bridgestone Americas laid off 91 workers at its Blo…

ITC issues public version of report to Obama on Chinese tyre imports

Added: 15 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Washington - Members of the US-based International Trade Commission agree t…

DuPont's Kevlar technology used in Goodyear concept tyre

Added: 15 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (RD)

Wilmington, Delaware - Scientists from DuPont have been applying high-strength…

Obama says lost auto jobs are gone

Added: 15 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (AN)

Washington DC -- President Barack Obama took a dose of reality to Michigan tod…

Former GM CEO Wagoner retires with $8.6 million package

Added: 15 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (AN)

Detroit, Michigan (Reuters) -- Former General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, ousted …

Dow increases SBR, BR prices

Added: 14 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (RD)

Horgen, Switzerland - Dow Europe GmbH is increasing its prices for all synthet…

Arizona Chemical to sell TDAE oils from Orgkhim

Added: 14 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (RD)

Almere, the Netherlands - Arizona Chemical has agreed to sell Orgkhim's Norma…

California drops proposed tyre aging bill

Added: 14 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Sacramento, California -- A California Senate committee has pulled a propose…

Researchers study Indian synthetic latex markets

Added: 14 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Little Falls New Jersey -- Kline Group has published a new report titled, Synt…

Alabama completes tyre pile cleanup after three years

Added: 14 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Attalla, Alabama -- After three years of work, the largest scrap tyre dump i…

News from elsewhere on the web (14 July 2009)

Added: 14 Jul 2009

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Help available with new REACH meetings

Added: 14 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (RD)

Shropshire, UK - Smithers Rapra and sister company iSmithers are organising th…

iSmithers announces EnviroPlas 2010 conference

Added: 14 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (RD)

Akron, Ohio - iSmithers, part of the Smithers Group, has announced that Enviro…

Lanxess to convert PBR business to unlabelled oils by 1 Dec

Added: 13 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Singapore -- Lanxess AG said it will convert its butadiene rubber factories to…

EC relents (slightly) on tyre markings due for October 2009

Added: 13 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- Member States and the Commission have come to an agreement last we…

Indian tyre sector studied

Added: 13 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Mumbai, India -- Indian researchers have published a new report titled, Indian…

No quick fix seen for Schaeffler-Conti merger

Added: 13 Jul 2009

ERJ staff report (AN)

Hanover, Germany (Reuters) -- Debt-laden German car parts suppliers Continenta…