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RubberTeam becomes TeamChemicals!

Added: 8 May 2012

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Hamburg, Germany - Rubber materials distribution company RubberTeam! has been …

Fire at BST Elastomers kills 11, injures hundreds

Added: 7 May 2012

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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

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Kottayam, Kerala, India - Production of Natural Rubber (NR) in India during Ja…

Kumho announces capital increase plans

Added: 7 May 2012

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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

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Beijing / Mumbai - India's total synthetic rubber capacity is set to grow to o…

CRIA ranks top tyre makers

Added: 7 May 2012

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Beijing - Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. Ltd. Is China's biggest tyre maker, with…

Bio Rubber conference set for September

Added: 7 May 2012

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Wageningen, The Netherlands - A congress titled, "BioRubber for Europe in Glob…

NR prices slump after the weelend

Added: 7 May 2012

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London - Rubber prices fell over the weekend. Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices f…

Apollo participates in EU-Pearls project

Added: 7 May 2012

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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

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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

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Shanghai, China - Continental said it intends to increase the number of its pe…

Hexpol reports best-ever quarter

Added: 4 May 2012

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Stockholm - World's biggest rubber compounder Hexpol reported its best-ever qu…

Cordiant wins VW 's supplier A-rating

Added: 4 May 2012

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Moscow, Russia - Volkswagen has approved the Yaroslavl factory of Russian tyre…

Arab partners to set up $240m tyre plant in Saudi

Added: 4 May 2012

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Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - Two Arab companies are planning a SR 900 million (euro 1…

Pirelli sees tyre sales sinking in Q1

Added: 4 May 2012

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Milan, Italy -- Tyre sales around the world were weak in the first quarter, ac…

UK tyre body launches label information programme

Added: 4 May 2012

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London - UK industry lobby group TyreSafe has launched a range of educational …

NR prices unchanged overnight

Added: 4 May 2012

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London - Rubber prices were largely unchanged overnight. Tokyo's Tocom Exchang…

News from elsewhere on the web (04 May 2012)

Added: 4 May 2012

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

NBR industries studied

Added: 4 May 2012

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California - Global Industry Analysts has published a new report titled, Nitr…