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Dunlop bids adieu to ALMS
Added: 14 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Birmingham, UK -- Dunlop Motorsport is exiting the American Le Mans Series (…

Cooper to discuss guayule developments this week
Added: 14 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire Research Scientist Dr. Howard Colvin will present…

Butadiene feedstocks analysed
Added: 14 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Nexant Inc. is preparing a new report titled, Developing Fo…

JSR to re-purchase shares
Added: 14 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - JSR Corp is planning to buy back up to 4 million shares, or around 1.6…

Mitsui to expand metallocene business
Added: 14 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Mitsui Chemicals Inc is expanding its metallocene polymer business. Th…

Shandong Jade Chemical outlines development of China's SR industry
Added: 14 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - China Rubber Industries Association (CRIA) has published a long inte…

Taiwanese rubber delegation visits CRIA
Added: 14 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - A delegation from Taiwan's Rubber & Elastomer Industry Association h…

Nine-month revenues at Debica fall
Added: 14 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Debica, Poland - Revenues at Firma Oponiarska Debica S.A fell by around 9 perc…

News from elsewhere on the web (14 Nov 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

NR prices rise after Diwali holiday
Added: 14 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices rose on Wednesday after the Diwali holiday. On Tokyo's…

China's auto hose industry studied
Added: 14 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland - Research in China has published a new report titled, China A…

Evonik expanding silica capacity by 30 percent globally
Added: 14 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Essen, Germany - Evonik Industries has announced plans to increase its silica …

Recycled rubber used as impact modifier in plastics
Added: 14 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Oberhausen Germany - Researchers at Fraunhofer Umsicht in Oberhausen have dev…

Post-consumer scrap rubber offers alternative to oil-derived material in asphalt
Added: 14 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Atlanta, Georgia -- The US-based National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT)…

Conti re-names industrial tyre activity; prepares to expand business
Added: 13 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental is re-naming its Business Unit “Industrial …

Semperit sales fall on poor hose volumes
Added: 13 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Vienna, Austria - Sales at the Semperit group in the nine months to September …

ETRMA welcomes publication of CARS 2020 action plan
Added: 13 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Brussels - European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers' Association (ETRMA) said…

China's tyre makers have positive attitude to tyre labelling
Added: 13 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai - Ahead of the opening of the Reifen China show, Cia's tyre makers cl…

Profitability up at Pirelli as premium segment grows
Added: 13 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Milan, Italy - Pirelli & C Spa says its profitability in the first nine mont…

IRSG secretary to open Tyrexpo Asia 2013
Added: 13 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Singapore -- ECI International, the organiser of Tyrexpo Asia 2013, has anno…