Goodyear upgraded on `Fortune 500' list ** Marginal fall in NR price against limited buying ** Auto tyres consume 62.2% of  NR in India



Gearing to go global
Eastern Treads Ltd (ETL), part of the Rs 8,000-million Eastern Group in the State of Kerala, the home of Indian rubber, is all set to go global. Thecompany’s move comes in the wake of booming demand for high-quality tread rubber both at home and abroad. It is also the confidence arising out of the company’s nearly two decades of successful track record in the manufacture and marketing of quality tyre treading materials like precured

Rubber Patriarch  K M Philip hits century”
K M Philip, the patriarch of the Indian rubber industry, is 100. His illustrious career is marked by pioneering contributions and visionary leadership to the industry at large.A father figure
NR prices will take a  downturn after 2012 Hidde. P Smit
Natural rubber prices are likely to take a dip after 2012 due to acceleration in normal production on account of massive new planting undertaken across the major natural producing countries
Growing global market for quality rubber saplings
There is money not only in natural rubber latex but also in rubber saplings. Rubber nurseries have become a big business in Kerala, the home of natural rubber in India, thanks to rising

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Rubber market on May 17, 2012
International Rubber Price on May 17 2012 (USD/ 100kg) RSS3 RSS4 SMR20 Latex

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Goodyear upgraded on `Fortune 500' list
Based on 2011 sales of $22.8 billion, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is ranked by FORTUNE as the 126th largest business