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Here's a conundrum: an ant on a rubber band
Added: 13 Nov 2012
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New York - The New York Times has a regular column called WordPlay to test you…

NR prices little changed over the weekend
Added: 12 Nov 2012
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London - Rubber prices barely moved ove the weekend. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchang…

News from elsewhere on the web (12 Nov 2012
Added: 12 Nov 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Toyo sales jump 36 percent in first half
Added: 12 Nov 2012
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Tokyo - Toyo Tire Rubber Co Ltd said sales in the first half amounted to 202,…

Vietnam to produce more NR than Malaysia in 2012 - ANRPC
Added: 12 Nov 2012
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Medan, Indonesia - At the recent annual conference of the Association of Natur…

Cooper-Standard OKs $25M repurchase program
Added: 12 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Novi, Michigan -- Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., the parent company of Coope…

Elastopôle sponsors Vendée Globe sailor de Broc
Added: 12 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Orléans - Elastopôle, the French association for rubber and polymers, says…

Yokohama wins OE fitment on Merc CLS Shooting Brake
Added: 12 Nov 2012
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Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. is supplying its Advan Sport V105 MO tyr…

Yokohama marks 30 years as supplier to Macau GP
Added: 12 Nov 2012
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Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has said it will supply its Advan brand…

Malaysian NR output fell in September
Added: 12 Nov 2012
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Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's production of natural rubber (NR) in September fell …

Electric vehicles take too long to pay for themselves - J D Power
Added: 12 Nov 2012
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Westlake Village, California - Automotive research company J D Power has launc…

TPMS markets and technologies studied
Added: 12 Nov 2012
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Dublin, Ireland -- Markets and Markets has published a new report titled, Glob…

Indian Auto Industry shows uptick in October
Added: 12 Nov 2012
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New Delhi, India - Despite growth of only 4 percent in the year to date, India…

Lanxess places euro 500 million bonds
Added: 12 Nov 2012
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Leverkusen, Germany -Lanxess AG has successfully placed a 10-year eurobond wor…

Goodyear wins invention accolade from Time magazine
Added: 9 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s Air Maintenance Technology has b…

Hoosier opens mixing line in Indiana
Added: 9 Nov 2012
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Plymouth, Indiana - Hoosier Racing Tires has opened its new mixing line. The l…

News from elsewhere on the web (09 Nov 2012
Added: 9 Nov 2012
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

US Tyre makers start to show prices online
Added: 9 Nov 2012
By Bruce Davis, Crain staff (TB)
Akron, Ohio - After years, even decades, of shying away from posti…

NR prices creep upwards ahead of weekend
Added: 9 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices moved slightly down overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchan…

Delticom sees revenues, profits fall In the first nine months
Added: 9 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Delticom, Europe's leading online tyre dealer, saw revenue…