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Hungarian tyre buyers focus on price, not brand- report

Added: 22 Mar 2012

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Budapest -- The majority of tyre buyers in Hungary care more about price than …

Tokyo NR prices drop overnight

Added: 22 Mar 2012

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London -- Rubber prices fell further beneath the $4 mark in Tokyo. On Tokyo's …

Lanxess posts record earnings

Added: 22 Mar 2012

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Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG continued on a path of growth in 2011, with r…

Nokian publishes e-newsletter

Added: 22 Mar 2012

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Nokia, Finland -- Nokian Tyres has published the Sprin 2012 edition of its e-n…

Nokian presents Russian strategies

Added: 22 Mar 2012

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St Petersburg, Russia -- Andrei Pantioukhov General Manager

Vice President, Ru…

Lanxess and S-SBR - final update

Added: 22 Mar 2012

Lanxess is in the final stages of a

major research project into global demand for S-SBR in the comin…

Nizhnekamsk to supply 9m OE tyres to Avtovaz

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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Moscow - AvtoVaz has signed a three-year supply deal with tyre-maker Nizhnekam…

JSR- BST JV break ground on Thai S-SBR plant

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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Tokyo - On March 19th, JSR Corp. and its joint-venture partner Bangkok Synthet…

Virginia fines Yokohama's Salem over silane pollution

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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Salem, Virginia - Yokohama's tyre-making facility in Salem Virginia has been f…

News from elsewhere on the web (21 March 2012)

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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

CRIA meeting opens in Qingdao

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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Qingdao, China - China's rubber industry is meeting in the coastal city of Qin…

Bridgestone outlines water-saving measures globally

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp. has outlined some of the measures it is taking to re…

Qingdao exhibition highlights importance of branding

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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Qingdao, China - Branding is one of the key themes of the CRIA exhibition in Q…

Elasto adds sales staff in China

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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Gungzhou, China -Elasto, has announced the appointment of two new members to t…

Schaeffler reports record sales, earnings

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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Herzogenaurach, Germany - Schaeffler AG has reported record sales and earnings…

Brazil orders 20 million female condoms

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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Brasilia - Brazil's Health Ministry is to buy and distribute 20 million female…

Michelin UK invites customers to rate tyre dealerships

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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Stoke, UK - Michelin UK has set up a website which encourages tyre buyers to r…

Gates to move hose production to Illinois plant

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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Denver, Colorado - Gates Corp. plans to relocate 78 hydraulic hose manufactu…

SE Asian medical device market studied

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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Dublin, Ireland -- Espicom Business Intelligence has published a new report t…

Chicago equity firm buying TPMS-maker Schrader Intl.

Added: 21 Mar 2012

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Chicago, Illinois -- An affiliate of Chicago-based private equity firm Madison…