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Hankook profits jump on higher Q1 sales-updated
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea - First-quarter consolidated operating profits at the Korean tyre…

Hankook to spin off tyre unit
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul - Hankook Tire is to be split off as a separate tyre business from the r…

Cooper names head of EU tech centre
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melksham, UK - Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe Ltd has appointed Peter McN…

Gajah Tunggal reports good growth in Q1
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jakarta - First-quarter sales, operating profits and EBITDA all increased at I…

Alliance Tire Group to set up greenfield plant in India
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai, India - Alliance Tire Group is planning to build a new green-field tyr…

Sinopec, Sibur announce JV, expansion for Krasnoyarsk NBR plant
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow - Sinopec is planning to take a 25 percent stake in Sibur's Krasnoyarsk…

China sets out roadmap to tyre labels
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - China will complete drafting of its green tyre standards by the end …

News from elsewhere on the web (30 April 2012)
Added: 30 Apr 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Dunlop India converts loans to equity
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mumbai - Dunlop India said that three debtors have converted debts owed to the…

Supplier execs: In China, local R&D is crucial
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (AN)
Beijing -- Foreign auto suppliers must invest rapidly in China R&D facilities …

China slowdown is just a blip
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (AN)
Beijing -- It was inevitable, right? China was too hot not to cool down.
And th…

NR prices remain unchanged over the weekend
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices saw little change over the weekend. On Tokyo's Tocom Ex…

EchA says unreacted monomers in polymers may need registration
Added: 30 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland - The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published an upda…

Favourable price/mix sends Goodyear revenue per tyre up 16%
Added: 27 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co. has reported first quarter 2012 sal…

Notch updates precipitated silica report
Added: 27 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
London -- Notch Consulting has published the latest edition of the Silica Mar…

China to have tyre labels within 5 years - Lanxess
Added: 27 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - China's Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) has announced an official…

EU commercial vehicle sales fall again in March
Added: 27 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels - New commercial vehicle registrations dropped by 11.8 percent, total…

Japan's vehicle sales grew in 2011
Added: 27 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Japan made more cars, trucks and buses in fiscal 2011 than in the prev…

Conti's Q1 sales up
Added: 27 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany - Continental has reported first quarter sales of euro 8.3 bi…

DecaChemie distributes elastomer materials in Europe
Added: 27 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Lyon, France - Old-established French distribution company DecaChemie is movin…