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Titan reports record quarter, fiscal year results
Added: 24 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Quincy, Illinois --Titan International Inc. reported record sales and earnings…

Cooper, USW resume talks in Findlay, Ohio
Added: 24 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. and United Steelworkers (USW) Local …

US vehicle sales to reach 14M rate for Feb
Added: 24 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (AN)
Detroit, Michigan -- US auto sales are projected to reach an annual selling ra…

China aims for 70% self-sufficiency in elastomers by 2015
Added: 23 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - A wide range of elastomers - notably butyl rubber, Nitrile rubber, E…

Schlegel fined after UK worker loses fingers
Added: 23 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Coalville, UK - Schlegel Automotive Europe Ltd in Coalville, UK has been prose…

News from elsewhere on the web (23 Feb 2012)
Added: 23 Feb 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Conti opens winter test centre in China
Added: 23 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Heihe, Heilongjiang Province, China - Continental's Chassis & Safety Division …

Keyuan signs long-term butadiene supply deal with Shell
Added: 23 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ningbo, China - Keyuan Petrochemicals Inc. has signed a long-term supplier agr…

China outlines philosophy behind Rubber Valley project
Added: 23 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Qingdao, China - China's Rubber Valley project is modelled on California's Sil…

Lanxess inevests in Bio-polymer maker, BioAmber
Added: 23 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen - Lanxess is investing $10 million in US company BioAmber, Inc., ba…

NR prices drift slightly upward overnight
Added: 23 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices moved up overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices …

Gasket and seal industries studied
Added: 23 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Global Industry Analysts has published a new report titled, Gaskets …

Skellerup reports steady growth in first half
Added: 23 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Auckland, New Zealand - Skellerup Industries has announced a record net profi…

Buzuluk sold to Chinese joint venture
Added: 22 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Komarov, Czech Republic - CGS group sold its 100 percent share in machinery ma…

Freudenberg plans sale of Brake components unit to Conti
Added: 22 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Oberwihl, Germany - Freudenberg Sealing Technologies said it is investigating …

Chinese seek to develop S-SBR technology
Added: 22 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - China aims to develop its own solution-SBR technology to further the…

News from elsewhere on the web (22 Feb 2012)
Added: 22 Feb 2012
(28 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Styron raises prices of SB latex
Added: 22 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Horgen, Switzerland - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliated companies are incr…

Nexen, Linglong join ITMA
Added: 22 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Shandong Linglong and Nexen Tire have joined the Imported Tyre Manufa…

Dunlop India suspends operations at Ambattur
Added: 22 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ambattur, India - Dunlop India has suspended operations at its Ambattur plant.…