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Spot BR prices hit record highs on tight supply - ICIS
Added: 13 Feb 2008
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Singapore -- Spot prices of butadiene rubber (BR) hit a record $3200/tonne CFR…

Michelin, Suez create scrap rubber recycling centre at Toul
Added: 13 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Toul, France -- International waste-management group Suez has formed a joint v…

Michelin updates analysts' forecasts ahead of results on Friday
Added: 13 Feb 2008
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Paris -- Just ahead of its annual results meeting on Friday, Michelin has upda…

Yokohama announces management changes in Japan
Added: 13 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has decided the following management ch…

DSM Elastomers opens EPDM modification line in Brazil
Added: 13 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Triunfo, Brazil -- DSM Elastomers' has delivered its first grafted products fr…

News from elsewhere on the web 13/Feb/08
Added: 13 Feb 2008
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Carlisle merges tyre/wheel and trailer units
Added: 13 Feb 2008
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Carlisle Companies Inc. has reorganised its business into seven entiti…

Yokohama's 9-month figures boosted by Asia, Americas
Added: 13 Feb 2008
Tokyo -- Yokohama Rubber Co. (YRC) Ltd., buoyed by its operating units in North America and through…

Magnum to open $51 million cryo-crumbing pant in Canada
Added: 13 Feb 2008
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida -- Magnum D'Or Resources, Inc. has said it intends to…

New Double Coin plant to boost firm's truck tyre capacity
Added: 13 Feb 2008
By Namrita Chow
Shanghai, China -- Double Coin Holdings Ltd.'s newest tire plant -- a $165 million r…

Bridgestone to withdraw from Marine Hose business - finds cases of other bribes - will restructure DP unit
Added: 12 Feb 2008
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Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp has said it will no longer take any new orders in th…

World rubber consumption to reach 26 300 kt by 2011
Added: 12 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cleveland, Ohio -- Freedonia Group has updated its World Rubber & Tire study, …

NR prices in Tokyo break through Yen 300 once more
Added: 12 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices of natural rubber jumped in Tokyo today, closing at Yen 303.7 …

ECHA launches REACH pre-registration form in XML
Added: 12 Feb 2008
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Helsinki, Finland -- The European Chemicals Agengy (ECHA) has issued a compute…

News from elsewhere on the web 12/Feb/08
Added: 12 Feb 2008
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Register now for reduced rates at Boston REACH event
Added: 12 Feb 2008
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Boston, Massachusetts -- Smithers Rapra's second International Conference on R…

Chemtura raises prices on polymer additives for rubber industry
Added: 12 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Middlebury, Connecticut -- Chemtura Corp. will increase prices on a range of i…

Hankook reports margin of 8 percent, increase in sales for 2007.
Added: 11 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Hankook Tire has put in an impressive performance for the 12 m…

Teijin Twaron's elastomer reinforcement day set for May
Added: 11 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Scheveningen, the Netherlands -- From 26 May - 28 May, 2008, the fourth Teijin…

Ansell reports strong growth in six months to Dec 2007
Added: 11 Feb 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Richmond, Victoria -- ANsell Ltd has reported strong results for the six month…