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REACH SIN (substitute it now) published

Added: 18 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- Chemical lobbying group Chemsec has, in cooperation with many oth…

Anvis to open AVS unit in Togliatti, Russia

Added: 17 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Bad Soden-Salmünster - The Anvis Group -- the former Woco-Michelin AVS joint …

Goodyear to co-develop renewable isoprene with Genencor

Added: 17 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Copenhagen --Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, and The Goodyear Tire & Rubb…

News from elsewhere on the web (17/Sept/2008)

Added: 17 Sep 2008

(6 items)

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

Dunlop Latex Foam shuts with 155 job losses

Added: 17 Sep 2008

UK-based Dunlop Latex Foam is to be wound down by administrators who said certain assets would be b…

Firestone to close Indiana air springs factory

Added: 17 Sep 2008

Noblesville, Indiana -- Firestone Industrial Products Co. definitely will close its air springs pla…

ISP, Firestone, Lanxess declare force majeure in Gulf Coast

Added: 17 Sep 2008

Houston, Texas -- Three rubber-related firms with facilities in the Texas Gulf Coast have declared …

Conti changes '08 earnings outlook downward

Added: 17 Sep 2008

HANOVER, Germany (Sept. 16, 2008) -- Continental AG has revised its earnings expectations for fisca…

Yokohama Rubber holds tree planting ceremony at Philippines tyre plant

Added: 17 Sep 2008

TOKYO (Sept. 16, 2008) - Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. staged a tree planting ceremony Aug. 23 at its Yo…

New additive could eliminate all zinc oxide from rubber industry

Added: 16 Sep 2008

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

Port Elizabeth, South Africa -- A new additive holds the prospect of elimin…

News from elsewhere on the web (16 Sept 2008)

Added: 16 Sep 2008

(12 items)

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

Conti cutting back truck tyre output in Europe

Added: 16 Sep 2008

Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG is cutting truck tire production by 6.5 percent at three Europea…

Lanxess introduces Nanoprene for tyre makers

Added: 16 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brno, Czech Republic -- Lanxess' Technical Rubber Products (TRP) business unit…

GreenMan to sell tire recycling operations

Added: 16 Sep 2008

Savage, Minnesota -- Faced with the need to pay down its debts and satisfy its primary lender, Gree…

Bell to retire from Gates at year-end

Added: 16 Sep 2008

Denver, Colorado -- Richard Bell, chairman of Gates Corp. and chief operating officer of industrial…

Michelin ties up with electric car specialist Venturi

Added: 15 Sep 2008

Paris -- Electric vehicle specialist Venturi Automobiles and Group Michelin are joining forces to d…

Goodyear's strengths and weaknesses analysed

Added: 15 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris, France -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, Goodyear Tire …

Interview with 'TPMS expert' for sale

Added: 15 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- MEMS Investor Journal, has published an interview titled, M…

News from elsewhere on the web (15 Sept 2008)

Added: 15 Sep 2008

(18 items)

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

Yokohama contributes to WWF

Added: 15 Sep 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has donated a total of 1,334,850 yen (Eu…