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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
(15 items)
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
(12 items)
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…