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Titan buys Australian OTR tyre/wheel services firm (updated)
Added: 3 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Quincy, Illinois -- Titan International Inc. has completed its purchase of m…

Nizhnekamsk tyres are top products of Tartarstan
Added: 3 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nizhnekamsk, Tartarstan - Nizhnekamskshina tyre factory says that its tyres ha…

Indian Synthetic Rubber joins IISRP
Added: 3 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- Indian Synthetic Rubber Ltd. has joined the International …

Conti reports higher tyre, rubber sales In Q2
Added: 2 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- In its half-year results, Continental said sales and prof…

Yokohama signs offtake deal with Chinese OTR company
Added: 2 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has signed an off-take agreement for o…

Bridgestone to farm Guayule in Arizona
Added: 2 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone has selected a site in Arizona to begin a farm and resear…

Programme announced for Rubber fillers conference in London
Added: 2 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - The UK's Rubber in Engineering Group (RIEG) has finalised the program…

News from elsewhere on the web (02 August 2012)
Added: 2 Aug 2012
(4 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

NR prices mixed on Thursday
Added: 2 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices around the world were mixed overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom…

Ceat reports increased sales, profits in quarter
Added: 2 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India - Ceat Ltd reported increased tyre sales for the three months to…

PolyOne reports lower earnings despite higher sales
Added: 2 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Avon Lake, Ohio -- PolyOne Corp. has reported lower second-quarter earnings…

USW, Veyance reach tentative agreement
Added: 2 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Veyance Technologies Inc. and the United Steelwo…

EU tyre recycling numbers continue to improve - ETRMA
Added: 1 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels - In its latest report on the scrap tyre segment, the European Tyre a…

News from elsewhere on the web (01 August 2012)
Added: 1 Aug 2012
(6 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Gajah Tunggal reports reduced profit on higher sales in quarter
Added: 1 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jakarta - Indonesian tyre maker Gajah Tunggal said sales for the three months …

NR prices mixed overnight
Added: 1 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices around the world were mixed overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom…

Chinese tyre production up by 19 percent in June
Added: 1 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - China made 83.147 million tyres in the month of June 2012. The figur…

Kraton announces reduced volumes into Q2
Added: 1 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas - Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. said sales revenues and vol…

Hangzhou Zhongce joins ITMA
Added: 1 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Company, China' s largest tyre maker, has bec…

Got a sealing idea? Trelleborg wants to give you Euro 5000 for it
Added: 1 Aug 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is offering prizes for anyon…