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Zeon raises prices for TPEs
Added: 9 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Zeon Corp. is increasing prices for hydrocarbon resin and thermoplasti…

Tokyo NR prices rose on Friday
Added: 9 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices rose overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for…

Chinese authorities seize counterfeit branded tyres
Added: 9 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Guangzhou City , China - Local authories in Guangzhou have seized almost a th…

White roofs keep cities cooler - official
Added: 9 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York - A long term research project shows that pale roofing materials are …

AutoBild releases results of dry/wet braking tests
Added: 9 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Germany - Car magazine Autobild has released the results of its tyre braking t…

Apollo launches UHP tyre at Geneva
Added: 9 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva, Switzerland - Apollo Tyres launched an ultra high performance summer t…

Marangoni Deutschland invests to double production in Germany
Added: 8 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Rovereto, Italy -- Marangoni Retreading Systems Deutschland is to carry out s…

Bridgestone to work with Guayule
Added: 8 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geneva -Bridgestone Corp is to work with the desert shrub guayule to develop a…

Fenner says trading continues to be strong
Added: 8 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - In a trading update, Fenner PLC said trading continued to be strong i…

News from elsewhere on the web (8 March 2012)
Added: 8 Mar 2012
(19 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Rubber advocate Fegly awarded Order of Merit by France
Added: 8 Mar 2012
By Louise McHenry, ERJ Staff
Orleans, France - Didier Fegly, CEO of Sacred and president of French r…

Sino Legend claims top phenolic resin factory in Shanghai
Added: 8 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Zhangjiagang City, China - Sino Legend (Zhangjiagang) Chemical Co., Ltd., the …

GT exports to EU fall 10 percent, on euro fears - report
Added: 8 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jakarta - Tyre exports from PT Gajah Tunggal have reportedly declined by 10 pe…

Tyre labelling video emerges on Tyre Reviews
Added: 8 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cyberspace - Tyre Review website Tyre Reviews has posted a video explaining th…

NR prices unchanged on Thursday
Added: 8 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices were little changed overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchan…

U of Akron supercomputer verifies gas permeation model in elastomer
Added: 8 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Columbus, Ohio - An Akron researcher is designing computer prediction models f…

Book tracks history of Bruce Halle's business success
Added: 8 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York - A biography of Bruce Halle, the founder of the US' largest independ…

UK logistics firm picks GT for exclusive tyre contract
Added: 8 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
SUffolk, UK - Bartrums Warehousing and Distribution has awarded its exclusive …

Apollo to open greenfield European plant wthin 5 years
Added: 7 Mar 2012
By Doug Bolduc, Crain News (ANE)
Geneva -- Apollo is reviving plans to build a greenfield tyre facto…

Tyre companies become less admired
Added: 7 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York - Tyre and rubber companies feature in the 2012 listing of 'most admi…