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Flexsys file new patent-infringement with ITC
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Washington DC - Solutia Inc unit, Flexsys America LP has filed a new complain…

Yokohama Rubber establishes Asian purchasing subsidiary
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Bangkok, Thailand - Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd., established in February this ye…

Yokohama begin fourth expansion of Hiroshima OTR plant
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Hiroshima, Japan - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced a fourth-pha…

Yokohama brings in new guard at senior management level
Added: 13 May 2008
Senior management changes at Yokohama
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo, Japan - Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.…

Yokohama establishes Brazilian subsidiary
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo, Japan - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced the establishme…

Yokohama earnings surge on higher intl. sales
Added: 13 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Tokyo, Japan - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that its opera…

India bans rubber futures trading for at least 4 months
Added: 9 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India -- India's Forward Markets Commission (FMC) has banned futures t…

ECHA restricts on-line pre-registration tools for REACH
Added: 9 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki -- Problems with software means the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) …

News from elsewhere on the web (9 May 2008)
Added: 9 May 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Apollo tyres profit doubles in year to March
Added: 9 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, Haryana, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd said consolidated revenues grew by…

Lanxess to move Sarnia R&D to Western Ontario University
Added: 9 May 2008
London, Ontario Canada - Lanxess is moving its Canadian research activities to the University of We…

Kumho to hold groundbreaking for US tyre plant
Added: 9 May 2008
Rancho Cucamonga, California -- Kumho Tire USA Inc. will hold a groundbreaking on 12 May for its $2…

Egypt concerned at S Africa's carbon black duties
Added: 9 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva -- In a World Trade Organisation meeting, Egypt expressed concern that …

Superior wins Queen's Award for Enterprise from UK
Added: 9 May 2008
Dorset, UK - Manufacturing company Superior Group Limited is celebrating after being chosen by the …

ContiTech retrofitting Hungarian bus fleet
Added: 8 May 2008
Hanover, Germany - ContiTech Vibration Control is installing Schwingmetall cone mounts in Miskolc, …

Swellfix appoints new chief commercial officer in US
Added: 8 May 2008
Aberdeen, Scotland -- Swellfix, the UK-based producer of swellable elastomers for the oil industry,…

Tokyo rubber falls, but still near historic highs
Added: 8 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- prices of natural rubber in Tokyo fell slightly from yesterday's high…

Showa Denko announces Q 1 2008 results
Added: 8 May 2008
Tokyo, Japan - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) today announced a 7.8 percent increase in net sales in the fi…

ElringKlinger announces higher sales, profits for Q1
Added: 8 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dettingen/Erms, Germany -- The ElringKlinger Group increased sales by 6.4 perc…

Bridgestone's net income for Q1 fell 18 percent on higher costs
Added: 8 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. reported higher sales, but lower profits for the th…