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Nokian reports “flying start” to 2012 with 45% profit increase

Added: 9 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Helsinki -- Nokian Tyres group's first quarter net sales increased by 32.9 pe…

WdK elects new board

Added: 9 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Frankfurt, Germany - At a general meeting on 25 April, members of the Wirtscha…

Chinese exports of carbon black to US jump by 30 times

Added: 9 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Washington DC - A report on the usually-reliable Notch Consulting website says…

News from elsewhere on the web (09 May 2012)

Added: 9 May 2012

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

Nebraska spends $1.8 million on tyre recycling projects

Added: 9 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Nebraska, US - Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality Director Mike Lind…

Fan Rende outlines Rubber Valley strategy

Added: 9 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Qingdao, China - During a meeting on 25 April, CRIA president Fan Rende outlin…

NR prices sink further on economic worries

Added: 9 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

London - Rubber prices fell further overnight on fears of problems in the euro…

Will Gori leave Pirelli?

Added: 8 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Milan - Milan's evening business newspaper Corriere della Sera has published a…

JSR says S-SBR JV is unaffected by BST explosion

Added: 8 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Bangkok, Thailand - JSR Corp said its joint venture factory to make S-SBR unde…

BST plant to be out of action for months - report

Added: 8 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Thailand - Following the fatal explosion and fire at BST Elastomers' BR and E-…

News from elsewhere on the web (08 May 2012)

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

Kumho cuts net loss in half; sales up 11%

Added: 8 May 2012

ERJ staff report (TB)

SEOUL, South Korea (May 7, 2012) - Kumho Tire Co. Inc. reported 42-percent hig…

Nexen reports solid sales, earnings gains in Q1

Added: 8 May 2012

ERJ staff report (TB)

Seoul, South Korea -- Nexen Tire Corp. reported 36.5-percent higher operating …

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 …