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China sets up registration for rubber traders
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - Folowing a series of defaults in the international Rubber trade, Ch…

Michelin to invest $1 billion in China - report
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - Quoted on the CRIA website, Michelin's group finance director report…

Triangle Tire restructures
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - A short Chinese-language report on the official website of Triangle …

Notch publishes 2012 version of carbon black data book
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland - Notch Consulting has published the 2012 version of its regul…

BKT reports jump in sales, profits in Q3
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tarapur, Maharashtra, India - Balkrishna Industries has reported a big jump in…

Russian tyre manufacturing studied
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- techsciresearch.com has published a new report titled, Russ…

NR prices jump in Tokyo
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices moved up sharply over the weekend. On Tokyo's Tocom Ex…

Myers back in black
Added: 20 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Akron, Ohio -- Myers Industries Inc. returned to the black for 2011 with an an…

Biotechnology is the buzzword at the TTE 2012 conference
Added: 17 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Cologne, Germany - Biotechnology and 'green' raw materials were two topics th…

Consumer awareness of EU tyre labelling is low, Which? tells TTE
Added: 17 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Cologne, Germany - Almost 90 percent of consumers in the UK are unaware of th…

Micro-Poise introduces new Modular Instrumentation at TTE 2012
Added: 17 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Cologne, Germany - Measurement systems company Micro-Poise showed its new Int…

Ford to tyre makers: Please work with us
Added: 17 Feb 2012
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Freudenberg, Germany - Ford is asking tyre makers to work more closely wit…

H-F announces new Tech centre
Added: 17 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Freudenberg, Germany - The new tech centre at Harburg-Freudemberg Mixing Group…

NR prices show mixed trend on week
Added: 17 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices moved slightly downwards during the week's trading. On…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 Feb 2012)
Added: 17 Feb 2012
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

High-Tech rubber bearings to protect buildings from earthquakes
Added: 17 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Manchester, UK - Mathematicians at the UK's University of Manchester are worki…

Global tyre sales weakened in January- Michelin
Added: 17 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin reports that replacement sales of truck tyres continued to d…

Conti launches e.Contact with 30% lower rolling resistance
Added: 17 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover - Conti is launching a tyre for electric vehicles. With the Conti.eCo…

Conti previews Geneva offerings
Added: 17 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany - At this year's Geneva Motor Show, Continental will be intr…

Koppers, Nippon Steel sign MoU for carbon black plant in China
Added: 17 Feb 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Koppers Inc., is planning an integrated unit in chi…