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Phillips Carbon signs MoU for Tamil black plant

Added: 15 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, India - Philips Carbon Black Ltd has signed a memorandum of Understa…

Safe Technology plans rubber fatigue seminars

Added: 15 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Sheffield, UK - Safe Technology Ltd, a developer of durability analysis softw…

Infinity Tyres tests new ranges at Spain's IDIADA

Added: 15 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

London -- Infinity Tyres has been testing its new tyre ranges at Spain's IDIA…

Infinity Tyres partners with French distributor

Added: 15 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

London -- Infinity Tyres has recently closed a deal with France's Groupe Mass…

Senard takes on Michelin as Rollier retires

Added: 14 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Clermont-Ferrand, France-- Jean-Dominique Senard has officially taken over the…

BST provides grants to families of workers killed in fire

Added: 14 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Rayong, Thailand - BST Elastomer Co. Ltd has paid out funeral expenses to the…

EPA says US gas stations do not need rubber boots for fuel filler hose

Added: 14 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Washington, DC -- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined…

Conti buys outstanding shares of its Malaysian tyre business

Added: 14 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Kuala Lumpur -- Continental has acquired the outstanding 30 percent of the sh…

ContiTech first to offer flexographic printing plates on rolls

Added: 14 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Hanover, Germany -- ContiTech Elastomer Coatings says it is the first produce…

Hankook to move focus to China - report

Added: 14 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing - Hankook claims to be the leading tyre maker in the Chinese market, a…

News from elsewhere on the web (14 May 2012)

Added: 14 May 2012

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

New Mexico fines waste tyre handler $119k

Added: 14 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Santa Fe, New Mexico - The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has settle…

NR prices continue to slide

Added: 14 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

London - Rubber prices resumed their steady slide after the weekend. Tokyo's T…

Goodyear India sees sales, profits fall in Q1

Added: 14 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Haryana, India - Goodyear India, which makes mainly agricultural tyres, has re…

Indian tyre market studied

Added: 14 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- RNCOS has published a new report titled, Indian Radial Tyre…

Nokian holds winter truck tyre test in Lapland

Added: 14 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Nokian, Finland - Nokian Tyres has reported the results of what it calls a  

Point S expands into South Africa

Added: 14 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

London - Tyre dealer association Point S Development is launching in South Af…

Michelin Dundee to slow production as market shrinks

Added: 14 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Dundee, UK - Michelin is to reduce output at its Dundee factory over the next…

Eni rebrands Polimeri Europa as Versalis

Added: 11 May 2012

By Charlotte Eyre, EPN

Eni has rebranded its Italy-based chemicals division as Versalis and announce…

Malaysian NR output up in March

Added: 11 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia's natural rubber production in March this year was 67…