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Reuters improves Gajah Tunggal debt rating
Added: 31 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jakarta - Reuters debt rating service has upgraded its opinion of tyre maker G…
Mitsui adds Tafmer capacity in Singapore
Added: 31 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore - Mitsui Chemical Corp has announced a project to build capacity for…
China releases raw material prices for August
Added: 31 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- The China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) has published a compre…
Tokyo NR prices weaker on Friday
Added: 31 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices trended downwards on Friday 31 August. On Tokyo's Tocom…
Kolon to challenge court ruling banning its production of para-aramid
Added: 31 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Richmond, Virginia - Kolon Industries said it is disappointed with a court rul…
Recreational rubber tube may cause chemical allergies
Added: 31 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC - A US-based inner tube maker has issued a voluntary recall of s…
Zeon publishes 2012 CSR document
Added: 31 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo Zeon Corp has published the 2012 edition of its Corporate Social Respons…
Schaeffler reports increased revenues in first half
Added: 31 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Herzogenaurach, Germany -- The Schaeffler Group's revenue increased by five pe…
Bridgestone tops global tyre list - again
Added: 30 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
By Bruce Davis, Tire Business staff
Akron, Ohio -- Higher wholesale selling pri…
Sibur establishes subsidiary in India
Added: 30 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (EPN)
Jamnagar, India -- Russian petrochemicals giant Sibur has extended its geogr…
Hexpol adding TPE capacity in Germany
Added: 30 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (PN)
Malmo, Sweden -- Hexpol A.B. is adding thermoplastic elastomer compounding ca…
News from elsewhere on the web (30 August 2012)
Added: 30 Aug 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…
China's machinery sales fell in first half; exports grow
Added: 30 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - the boom in sales by China's rubber machinery segment appears to end…
Tokyo NR prices weaker on Thursday
Added: 30 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices trended downwards on Thursday 30 August. On Tokyo's Toc…
Michelin to expand Davydovo plant - report
Added: 30 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow - Michelin is planning an expansion at its tyre factory in Davydovo, Ru…
China tyre companies building capacity overseas
Added: 30 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - China's tyre manufacturers are increasingly building capacity overse…
Big shareholder opposes TPC privatisation
Added: 30 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York - A 6-percent shareholder in the butadiene producer TPC Group Inc has…
3 firms join IRSG Panel of Associates
Added: 30 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- Dynasol, Industrias Negromex S.A. de C.V. and SimmaTrans S…
Firestone to double size of TPO plant
Added: 30 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Tuscumbia, Alabama -- Firestone Building Products said it will double the si…
Bridgestone cooks up ag tyre with 10% soybean oil
Added: 30 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Boone, Iowa --- Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations is showing a Firestone-b…
