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NR prices 2 percent off June peak
Added: 24 Jul 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- The benchmark six month futures price of natural rubber on Tokyo's TO…

Michelin to provide full tyre maintenance service to Chinese mine operator
Added: 24 Jul 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Pingshuo, China -- Michelin and China Coal Pingshuo, China's largest surface c…

Marangoni hikes US capacity at plant by 25%
Added: 24 Jul 2008
Madison, Tennessee -- Marangoni Tread North America Inc. has boosted tread rubber production capaci…

SCG-Dow forms joint venture
Added: 24 Jul 2008
Midland, Michigan -- A Dow Chemical Co.-Siam Cement Group partnership has formed a 50-50 joint vent…

DKT / IRC 2009 issues call for papers
Added: 24 Jul 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nuremberg, Germany -- IRC 2009 and IKT 2009 takes place in Nuremberg from 29 J…

Nocil's sales, profits jump in Q1
Added: 23 Jul 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- Rubber chemicals company Nocil Ltd said its net sales rose 73…

Conti buys out tyre distributor in Turkey
Added: 23 Jul 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Continental AG has acquired 89.66 percent of the shares in…

News from elsewhere on the web (23 July 2008)
Added: 23 Jul 2008
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ECHA system now allows bulk pre-registrations for REACH
Added: 23 Jul 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsiki, Finland -- The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has said a bulk pre-r…

Workers vote to close US Goodyear plant early
Added: 23 Jul 2008
Akron, Ohio -- Workers at Goodyear's Tyler, Texas, plant have voted to close the facility earlier t…

Malaysian NR production fell in May
Added: 23 Jul 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Production of natural rubber (NR) in May 2008 was 82,468 tonne…

Dow raises prices for SBR, BR
Added: 23 Jul 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Horgen, Switzerland - July 23, 2008 - Effective August 1st, 2008, or as contra…

Michelin selects Business Intelligence partner
Added: 22 Jul 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin has selected a business Intelligence partner. Accenture and …

German retreader buys GiTi casings
Added: 22 Jul 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Reutlingen, Germany -- The German Reiff Reifen group has begun purchasing casi…

IFC invests in Liberia's Salala Rubber
Added: 22 Jul 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Monrovia, Liberia -- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will provide long-…

Technical textiles business studied
Added: 22 Jul 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Textiles Intelligence has published a new report, titled, G…

News from elsewhere on the web (22 July 2008)
Added: 22 Jul 2008
(26 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Schaeffler goes shopping: Can supplier land Continental?
Added: 21 Jul 2008
Douglas Bolduc, Automotive News Europe
Many industry watchers and executives were surprised earlier …

PSA seeks suppliers in Russia
Added: 21 Jul 2008
Lawrence Speer, Automotive News Europe
Kaluga, Russia -- PSA/Peugeot-Citroen has invited global sup…

Michelin wins three-year sponsorship deal with A1 GP
Added: 21 Jul 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Michelin is to become the exclusive tyre partner to A1GP World Cup o…