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US Consumer group looks at tyre pricing
Added: 9 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York - US non-profit group, Consumer Reports has published a guide to tyre…

Liberty Tire, Hertz in recycling partnership
Added: 9 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Liberty Tire Recycling L.L.C. has agreed with Her…

ContiTech to build oil-industry hose plant in Brazil
Added: 8 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- ContiTech will next year invest around EUR 17 millio…

Zeon income soars in second quarter
Added: 8 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo - Zeon Corp. has reported its financial results for the second quarter…

Sinopec opens Nd-BR plant
Added: 8 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Yanshan, China - Sinopec said it has opened a butadiene rubber factory through…

China carbon black business is in process of transformation
Added: 8 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - China's carbon black industry suffers from low margins, low technolo…

Jeff Schumaker appointed MD of Cooper Europe
Added: 8 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Findlay, Ohio - Cooper Tire today announced that effective 1 Jan 2013, Jeff…

News from elsewhere on the web (08 Nov 2012)
Added: 8 Nov 2012
(12 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

NR prices ease overnight
Added: 8 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Rubber prices moved slightly down overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchan…

Ravishankar wins IISRP Tech award
Added: 8 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, I…

China claims tyre pyrolysis breakthrough
Added: 8 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - A Chinese company claims a breakthrough on tyre pyrolysis. Shanghai …

Lanxess to hold scientific symposium in Moscow
Added: 8 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Moscow -- Lanxess and the Russian Academy of Sciences are holding a joint sy…

Brazil investigates alleged silica dumping from China
Added: 8 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - A report on the CRIA website says Brazil is investigating allegation…

Goodyear named one of US's greenest firms
Added: 8 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has moved up to the 74th position in Newsweek magazi…

More Gutta-Percha washed up on European beaches
Added: 8 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Finisterre, France - Following the earlier reports of gutta percha being washe…

Bridgestone's income soars despite unchanging sales in year-to-date
Added: 7 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp. has reported a 42.5-percent increase in operating …

Bridgestone approves board member changes
Added: 7 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Toyko -- Bridgestone Corp. has announced that its board of directors has app…

Fenner PLC reports record revenues, profits
Added: 7 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
London - Belting manufacturer Fenner PLC has reported record sales for the 12 …

News from elsewhere on the web (07 Nov 2012)
Added: 7 Nov 2012
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Q3 sales rise at ElringKlinger, profits ease
Added: 7 Nov 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dettingen / Erms, Germany -- Automotive gasket supplier, ElringKlinger Group …
