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Firms to launch RFID truck tyre tag system in US
Added: 31 Jan 2008
Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Advanced ID Corp. and Patch Rubber Co. will launch a “Guaranteed Life…

SCG-Dow to plan and build speciality elastomers Plant in Thailand
Added: 30 Jan 2008
Midland, Michigan -- SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and Siam…

Amtel-Vredestein warns about supply disruptions, problems with debts
Added: 30 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow -- In announcing strong third quarter results, Amtel-Vredestein has war…

Kumho picks Macon, Georgia, for US tyre plant
Added: 30 Jan 2008
Tire Business staff report
Macon, Georgia -- South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. Inc. has selected a site n…

Vibracoustic, Freudenberg supply Tata's Nano
Added: 30 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany -- From autumn 2008 the Tata Nano will come into the Indian …

ICIS to launch English-Language SBR, NBR price reporting service for China
Added: 30 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- ICIS pricing and Chemease, a subsidiary of CBI China, have joined f…

News from elsewhere on the web 30/Jan/08
Added: 30 Jan 2008
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Trelleborg IAVS appoints account manager in India
Added: 30 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Noida, India -- Trelleborg Industrial AVS has appointed its first Key Account …

Michelin to buy full ownership of Serbian JV for €34m
Added: 29 Jan 2008
By Simona Stankovska, ERJ staff
Pirot, Serbia -- Michelin will buy out the remaining share of its jo…

Cooper Standard buys control of MAPS Indian unit
Added: 29 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Novi, Michigan -- Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. has bought control of Metzel…

News from elsewhere on the web 29/Jan/08
Added: 29 Jan 2008
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Andrew Tuffield named as MD at James Walker Keaflex
Added: 29 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bordon, Hampshire, UK -- Andrew Tuffield has joined James Walker Keaflex as m…

Cape to Cape expedition starts today
Added: 29 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Yorkshire, UK -- A team of farmers and milk inspectors is setting off today to…

Honeywell system helps improve calendering quality
Added: 29 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (SS)
Brussels -- Honeywell has introduced the MXProLine, a wire calender quality co…

Ford wants to repair supplier relations
Added: 28 Jan 2008
DETROIT - In a bid to repair fractured relationships, key Ford Motor Co. leaders will go on a liste…

PSA will sign Russia plant deal next week
Added: 28 Jan 2008
Moscow -- PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is expected to sign an agreement to build a plant in Russia later thi…

News from elsewhere on the web 28/Jan/08
Added: 28 Jan 2008
(16 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ERJ seeks information from Machinery makers - last chance
Added: 28 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Each year, ERJ reports on the global rubber machinery business. Part of the re…

Polybutadiene prices hitting $3000/tonne -- ICIS
Added: 25 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- World chemical price tracking company ICIS is reporting that spot…

Sibur to invest Euro 120 million in rubber production
Added: 25 Jan 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow -- As part of its investment plan for 2008, JSC Sibur has said it inten…