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Tokyo NR prices sink below Yen300
Added: 8 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices fell further overnight. Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices …

China moves to self-sufficiency in elastomers
Added: 8 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - Further to an ERJ report on 23 February (see below), China has relea…

EChA begins consultation on phthalates
Added: 8 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland - The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), at the request of th…

IRC show set for Paris in March 2013
Added: 8 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - After the DKT this July, the next IRC will take place from the 20 to t…

Zeppelin adds Kokeisl dosing systems
Added: 8 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Friedrichshafen, Germany -- Zeppelin Systems has integrated Kokeisl dosing sys…

Firestone launches studded tyre
Added: 8 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels - Firestone has extended its European winter range with the launch of…

Biesterfeld to represent Xiameter brands
Added: 8 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cyberspace - Dow Corning has appointed Biesterfeld Spezialchemie GmbH as the …

RubberTeam becomes TeamChemicals!
Added: 8 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hamburg, Germany - Rubber materials distribution company RubberTeam! has been …

Fire at BST Elastomers kills 11, injures hundreds
Added: 7 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Rayong, Thailand - A huge fire at the BST Elastomers facility in Map Ta Phut, …

India's rubber consumption increased in January
Added: 7 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottayam, Kerala, India - Production of Natural Rubber (NR) in India during Ja…

Kumho announces capital increase plans
Added: 7 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea - Kumho Tire has announced plans to raise KRW 173,000 million (eu…

News from elsewhere on the web (07 May 2012)
Added: 7 May 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Indian Rubber industry gears up
Added: 7 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing / Mumbai - India's total synthetic rubber capacity is set to grow to o…

CRIA ranks top tyre makers
Added: 7 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. Ltd. Is China's biggest tyre maker, with…

Bio Rubber conference set for September
Added: 7 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Wageningen, The Netherlands - A congress titled, "BioRubber for Europe in Glob…

NR prices slump after the weelend
Added: 7 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices fell over the weekend. Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices f…

Apollo participates in EU-Pearls project
Added: 7 May 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Wageningen, The Netherlands -- Add India's Apollo Tyres Ltd. to the list of co…

Sun Tyre adds third solid tyre pant in India
Added: 7 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Chennai, India - Sun Tyre & Wheel Systems is to build a plant for the manufact…

Conti to add 5000 employees in China
Added: 7 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Shanghai, China - Continental said it intends to increase the number of its pe…

Hexpol reports best-ever quarter
Added: 4 May 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm - World's biggest rubber compounder Hexpol reported its best-ever qu…