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Hankook opens sales office in Poland

Added: 31 Oct 2011

Warsaw, Poland -- Hankook Tire has opened a Polish sales branch in Warsaw. Poland is the sixth larg…

NR prices recovered last week

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Rubber prices recovered during the last week, but remained below $4 …

Nolato sales fall in first nine months

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Torekov, Sweden -- Nolato AB's sales during the first nine months of 2011 tota…

India's NR production up; SR output down in July

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, India -- India produced 64,300 tonnes of natural rubber (NR) in July…

Tokai sees first-half sales fall on earthquake effects

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber Industries said sales and profits in the three months to…

News from elsewhere on the web (31 Oct 2011)

Added: 31 Oct 2011

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

Rubber Board organises training in rubber and latex products

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, India -- India's Rubber Board is organising two new training session…

Bridgestone budgets $20M for Illinois OTR expansion

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Normal, Illinois -- Bridgestone Americas is budgeting $20 million for capital …

Goodyear taps Pillow as business solutions director

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has named Mark Pillow director of business solutions f…

GM CEO: China car market to expand a 'healthy' 7-10% in 2011

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (AN)

Shanghai, China (Reuters) - General Motors sees growth of between 7 percent t…

Supplier price probe widens

Added: 31 Oct 2011

By David Sedgwick, Automotive News staff report

Detroit, Michigan -- The price-fixing scandal that …

Tokai contributes to Thai flood relief

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber Group is to donate around yen 500 million (euro 4.5 mill…

Bridgestone donates to Thai flood relief appeal

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. said it will donate yen50 million (euro 452,000) to…

Conti publishes green brochure for China

Added: 31 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hannover, Germany -- ContiTech has published a brochure in English and Chinese…

Goodyear quarterly sales exceed $6bn for first time

Added: 28 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Akron, Ohio - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s third quarter net sales reached $6…

Japanese auto production falls in Sept

Added: 28 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Tokyo - The number of vehicles produced in Japan in Sept 2011 dropped 4.5 per…

Boorman, Stella to receive IISRP honours

Added: 28 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (RPN)

By Rubber & Plastics News Staff

Houston, Texas -- Peter Boorman, retired from…

Conti completes Illinois expansion ahead of schedule

Added: 28 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Tire Business staff report

Mount Vernon, Illinois -- Continental Tire the Ameri…

Sales & income plunge at Tokai in 2nd half of year

Added: 28 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Tokyo - Tokai Rubber Industries' sales for the six months ended 30 Sept 2011 …

Kumho to raise prices 1 Nov in US

Added: 28 Oct 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Tire Business staff report

Rancho Cucamonga, California -- Kumho Tire USA Inc. …