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Michelin sells Paris headquarters for Euro110m
Added: 2 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business staff report
Paris-- Group Michelin has sold its Paris headquarte…

Chinese researchers work on BR-SBR-silica mixing
Added: 2 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - According to a Reuters Chinese-language report, Chinese researchers …

NR prices hover around $4 in Tokyo
Added: 2 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices bounced back above $4 in Tokyo. On Tokyo's Tocom Exch…

SA tyre market to grow fast - study
Added: 2 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Burnaby, Canada - TechSci Research has published a new report titled, South A…

News from elsewhere on the web (02 April 2012)
Added: 2 Apr 2012
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

SchäferRolls to increase in crane capacity at Renningen
Added: 2 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Renningen, Germany -- Roll cover manufacturer and roll systems supplier Schä…

Singapore prepares for the World Rubber Summit 2012
Added: 2 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Singapore -- IRSG (International Rubber Study Group) will announce the latest…

Asia Carbon reports 2011 net income up 123%
Added: 2 Apr 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
New York -- Asia Carbon Industries Inc. saw sales rise by 65 percent in 2011…

Michelin tops JDPower's OE tyre satisfaction study
Added: 30 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Westlake Village, California - Michelin has come out top in three out of four …

ANRPC further downgrades NR supply forecasts
Added: 30 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur - The Association of Natural Rubber Producing countries - ANRPC h…

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

Cabot raises prices globally for speciality carbon black
Added: 30 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts - Effective April 20, 2012, Cabot Corporation will incre…

NR prices ease belwo $4 in Tokyo
Added: 30 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices eased below $4 in Tokyo. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange,…

Bridgestone to make urethane products in Kaiping
Added: 30 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo-- Bridgestone Corp. has announced plans for a new company to make, proce…

China sets up 4-year project for Nd-BR
Added: 30 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Changchun, China - China has reportedly begin a four-year research project to …

US tyre market will grow thanks to green tyres - study
Added: 30 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland - AM Mind Power has published a new report titled, The US Repl…

Conti breaks ground on China plant expansion
Added: 30 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Hefei, China -- Continental A.G. has broken ground on a $215 million expansion…

US Rubber product trade deficit grows
Added: 30 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington DC - The US rubber product trade deficit grew again in October as…

Maplan marks 40 years of polymer machines
Added: 30 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ternitz, Austria - Maplan is marking 40 years of polymer processing equipment …

Conti S.C. plant to start production in early 2014
Added: 29 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Sumter, South Carolina -- Continental Tire the Americas L.L.C. (CTA) expects p…