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News from elsewhere on the web (05 March 2012)
Added: 5 Mar 2012
(16 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Hankook extends Rugby League sponsorship in Australia
Added: 5 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melbourne, Australia - Hankook Tyre is sponsoring Australia's National Rugby L…

Malaysian NR segment studied
Added: 5 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
New Delhi, India -- Market Research Reports has published a report titled, M…

NR prices eased over the weekend
Added: 5 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices eased over the weekend. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, pri…

Conti eyes 5% growth, 10% earnings ratio in 2012
Added: 5 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Hanover, Germany -- Continental A.G. management expects sales to rise more tha…

Rapra, Smithers agreement ends
Added: 5 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Telford, UK - Rapra Ltd., the plastics and rubber organisation, said it has …

Conti budgets $1.3B for tyre plant improvements, expansions
Added: 5 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental A.G. is budgeting more than $1.3 billion in i…

Wacker expands in South Korea
Added: 2 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Seoul - Munich-based chemicals group has successfully completed the expansion…

Asahi Kasei to make butadiene from butene - report
Added: 2 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Asahi Kasei has reportedly developed a butadiene extraction system and…

Tokai opens Indian AVS plant
Added: 2 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Tokai Rubber Industries has held an opening ceremony for its new India…

CRIA reports on February raw material prices in China
Added: 2 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- The China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) has
published a compreh…

Kraton announces universal price rises
Added: 2 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas - Kraton Polymers has announced global price increases in its p…

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

Chinese SR market studied
Added: 2 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Reports from China has published a new report titled, China…

NR prices little changed on Friday
Added: 2 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices showed little change overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Excha…

Heitmann writes guest editorial for Reuters
Added: 2 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany - CEO of Lanxess, Dr Axel Heitmann, has written a guest ed…

Amerityre's loss deepens in Q2 despite higher sales
Added: 2 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Boulder City, Nevada - Amerityre Corp. suffered a net loss of $230,348 for the…

Tatneft products 350 millionth Kama brand tyre
Added: 1 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Nizhnekamsk, Russia -- The 350 millionth Kama 310 brand tyre has rolled off t…

Conti continued strong growth in 2011
Added: 1 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany - Continental's rubber group reported sales up by 20 percent…

Sibur sells Voronezh tyre plant to Pirelli JV
Added: 1 Mar 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Moscow - Pirelli & C. SpA and Russian Technologies have finalised the transfer…