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Tokyo rubber slides below Yen300
Added: 30 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- The six-month TOCOM contract for NR slipped below Yen 300 / kg earlie…

Hankook to launch Kontrol Technology world wide
Added: 30 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing, China -- Hankook Tire introduced the world to its latest marketing to…

Hankook says UHP tyre sales up by 40 percent in the last year
Added: 30 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul. Korea -- Hankook Tire has reported year-on-year sales growth of 18.4 pe…

JK Tyre reports soaring profits, income in H1
Added: 30 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
New Delhi, India -- JK Tyre & Industries Ltd has reported strong results for t…

News from elsewhere on the web (30 April 2007)
Added: 30 Apr 2008
(18 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Fenner H1 profits fall slightly on increased sales
Added: 30 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Fenner PLC, the belting manufacturer, said pre-tax profits fell slig…

ECHA revises 'only representative' guidance
Added: 30 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- ECHA, the agency responsible for implementing and enforci…

Rohm and Haas to apply index-linked raw materials surcharge
Added: 30 Apr 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Rohm and Haas Co. is to apply a surcharge on its Special Materials pr…

Daetwyler completes Elfa acquisition
Added: 30 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Altdorf, Switzerland -- On 29 April 2008, Daetwyler Group completed the previ…

Conti reports good Q1 figures; truck tyre sales down
Added: 29 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- After the first three months of 2008, Continental AG, said…

Trelleborg to slash auto hose output in France
Added: 29 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg Automotive has said it will soon begin negoti…

Michelin releases tyre market data for March
Added: 29 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market data for the month o…

Michelin sales fall 2.6% on currency changes
Added: 29 Apr 2008
Tire Business staff report
Paris, France -- Group Michelin's sales in the first quarter fell 2.6 per…

Lanxess launches high ACN grades of HNBR
Added: 29 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG, is adding three new ultra-high ACN grades, n…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 April 2007)
Added: 29 Apr 2008
(12 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

UK tyre fitters see rise in enquiries as new laws come in
Added: 29 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
St Albans, UK -- UK-based fast-fit company Kwik-Fit said it has seen a sharp r…

Del-Nat tyres recalled in US
Added: 29 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC -- About 1000 white-walled light truck tyres from private-brand …

Tokyo rubber continues to climb above 300 yen
Added: 29 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Natural rubber prices continued to rise earlier today in Far East mar…

DuPont CR factories top list of worst US polluters
Added: 28 Apr 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Amherst, Massachusetts -- A study by a US university has found that E. I. Du P…

Automotive suppliers demand better terms
Added: 28 Apr 2008
By Lawrence Speer Automotive News Europe
Brussels -- CLEPA, the European suppliers association, wan…