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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Trade secret defendant seeks dismissal
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ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Akron, Ohio - A former Bridgestone scientist accused of stealing trade secre…

Tech Intl.'s Northern Ireland unit investing $5M
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ERJ staff report (TB)
Lisburn, Northern Ireland (Sept. 13, 2012) - Aromet Group Ltd., a subsidiary …

GT launches Russian-language website
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow - GT Radial has launched a Russian-language consumer website. The site …

IISRP releases SR Manual
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ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas - The 18th edition of the Synthetic Rubber Manual has been pu…

Turkey's tyre market studied
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ERJ staff report (DS)
British Columbia, Canada - TechSci research has published a new report titled,…

Rubber Board suspends licence
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottayam, India - India's Rubber Board has suspended the rubber dealing licenc…

Dneproshina back in production
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine - Ukrainian tyre maker Dneproshina re-started producti…

PPG adds silica capacity
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - PPG Industries is increasing its precipitated sili…

Trelleborg adds Brazilian unit for offshore industry
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Macaé, Brazil - Trelleborg has begun operations at its new unit in Brazil. Th…

70% rubberised asphalt used is recycled - survey
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ERJ staff report (LMH)
Chevy Chase, Maryland -- The US Rubberized Asphalt Foundation (RAF), a resea…

Semperit wins award for anti-allergy glove process
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ERJ staff report (LMH)
Vienna -- Semperit, along with the Polymer Competence Center in Leoben, Austr…

Rubber show opens in Turkey
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Istanbul, Turkey - The Turkish trade show, Rubber 2012 has opened in Istanbul.…

Trelleborg completes Brazilian print blanket acquisition
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm, Sweden - Trelleborg has completed the acquisition of Printec, the p…

Hankook offers online tyre 'label finder'
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ERJ staff report (LMH)
Neu-Isenburg, Germany - Ahead of the new EU tyre labelling guidelines, tyre m…

Hankook ready for EU label scheme with A-A tyre
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ERJ staff report (DS)
Neu-Isenburg, Germany - Hankook Tyre said it is ready for the EU label scheme,…

Azelis to represent Robinson Brothers in Rubber
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ERJ staff report (LMH)
Antwerp, Belgium - Chemical distribution group Azelis has been appointed as d…

Versalis strengthens its presence in Asian markets
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ERJ staff report (LMH)
Shanghai - Versalis, a chemical company wholly owned and controlled by Eni, h…

Trelleborg acquires Brazilian printing blankets business
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ERJ staff report (LMH)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- Trelleborg has completed the acquisition of Printec, th…

Lanxess breaks ground on Singapore Nd-PBR plant
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ERJ staff report (LMH)
Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess has broken ground for its new neodymium-based …