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$35 Silicone snubber will save $40 million on US military jets
Added: 14 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ohio, United States -- A $35 silicone rubber component is set to save over $40…

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Freudenberg expands sealing business in China
Added: 14 Dec 2011
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Weinheim, Fermany -- Freudenberg Group said it is, in conjunction with its par…

Nynas acquires Shell's Hamburg oil factory
Added: 14 Dec 2011
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Stockholm, Sweden - Nynas said it has entered into an agreement with Shell to …

NR Prices remain stable
Added: 14 Dec 2011
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London -- Rubber prices rose slightly overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, pr…

Trelleborg launches O-ring App
Added: 14 Dec 2011
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Fort Wayne, Indiana -- Trelleborg Sealing Solutionshas released an "O-Ring Cal…

Cooper adds director
Added: 14 Dec 2011
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Findlay, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co said Cynthia Niekamp has joined its …

Schaeffler converts from GmbH to AG
Added: 14 Dec 2011
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Herzogenaurach, Germany -- As of January 1, 2012, Schaeffler Technologies GmbH…

Kerala to prioritise rubber - Minister
Added: 14 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kottayam, India -- The Kerala State Government is topriritise support for the …

Tokai denies press reports of new factories in China
Added: 14 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber Industries says a press report in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimb…

Provocative designer announces "Louis Vuitton" condoms
Added: 14 Dec 2011
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Germany -- Irakli Kiziria, who runs the website, Design Provocation has develo…

UK rubber firm fined after forklift accident
Added: 14 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Macclesfield UK -- Millennium Rubber International Ltd and United Crane Servic…

Aldi recalls bread after rubber particles found
Added: 14 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Aldi Stores Ltd. in Ireland is recalling a batch of Ballymo…

Stuck for seasonal card ideas? Try a Michelin e-card
Added: 14 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cyberspace -- Michelin has produced a range of animated e-cards, which anyone …

Consumers unaware of new EU tyre labelling regulation, says poll
Added: 13 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Birmingham, UK - Almost 90 percent of motorists are unaware of tyre labelling…

Nizhnekamskshina to spend Euro 4.7m on environmental protection
Added: 13 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Nizhnekamsk, Russia - Russian tyre company OAO Nizhnekamskshina will spend ov…

Nokian to reduce heavy tyre output
Added: 13 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nokia, Finland -- Management at Nokian Tyres has completed a statutory negotia…

Nordmann Rassmann adds Czech, Slovakia to Cancarb distribution deal
Added: 13 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Alberta, Canada -- Cancarb Limited and Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (NRC) have expa…

ContiTech to expand belting factory
Added: 13 Dec 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Ponta Grossa, Brazil -- ContiTech A.G.'s Power Transmission Group plans to i…

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