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ContiTech enters flexo printing market

Added: 30 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Hanover, Germany -- ContiTech Elastomer Coatings has added four flexo printin…

Yokohama sole supplier for Macau Grand Prix

Added: 30 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd will supply ADVAN racing tyres to all of…

Sales up 62%, income up 87% in Q3 - Asia Carbon

Added: 30 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

New York -- Asia Carbon Industries has reported sales for the third quarter o…

Sempermed to show new developments in medical gloves at Medica

Added: 30 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Vienna - Medical glove maker Sempermed is going to present its new, white exa…

SIPH reports sales up 65% in Q3

Added: 30 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris - Rubber plantations company Société Internationale de Plantations d'…

Rubber prices rose on 16 November

Added: 30 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Rubber prices remained continued their slow upward trend overnight. …

A. Schulman dissolving Sunprene thermoplastic elastomer joint venture

Added: 30 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (PN)

Tokyo - After 23 years, A. Schulman Inc. is dissolving Sunprene Co., its ther…

News from elsewhere on the web (16 Nov 2011)

Added: 30 Dec 2011

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

NR Prices show no change overnight

Added: 23 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Rubber prices remained unchanged overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchang…

Trelleborg - Vibracoustic anti-vibration JV finalised

Added: 22 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Weinheim, Germany -- Trelleborg and Freudenberg have signed an agreement to fo…

EU to support IRSG

Added: 22 Dec 2011

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

Brussels -- Following a crucial committee meeting of members of the Europea…

Japan Butyl to expand Kashima halogenation unit

Added: 22 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

TOKYO -- Japan Butyl Co. Ltd, a fifty-fifty joint venture between JSR Corporat…

Asahi Kasei to double S-SBR capacity in Singapore

Added: 22 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Jurong Island, Singapore -- Asahi Kasei has decided to add a second plant to m…

JSR complete S-SBR expansion at Yokkaichi, announces Thailand plant

Added: 22 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

TOKYO - JSR Corporation has completed the 25,000 tons/year expansion of the S-…

Hexpol acquires another TPE compounder

Added: 22 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Stockholm -- Hexpol AB is to acquire Horst Müller Kunststoffe GmbH & Co. KG. …

News from elsewhere on the web (22 Dec 2011)

Added: 22 Dec 2011

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

NR prices move upwards

Added: 22 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Rubber prices rose slightly over the last few days. On Tokyo's Tocom…

Sumitomo pushing rolling resistance with supplier's help

Added: 22 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

TOKYO (Dec. 21, 2011) - Silicones and silanes producer Momentive Performance M…

EU Truck sales rose in November

Added: 22 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels - Demand for new commercial vehicles was up 8.4 percent in the EU in …

Bridgestone held global TQM event

Added: 22 Dec 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corporation held its Second Bridgestone Global TQM (Total…