LONDON (Feb. 3, 2012)—Avon Rubber P.L.C. said it will delay deliveries of protective masks to the U.S. military following a legal challenge from a competitor which lost out in the bidding process.

BRUSSELS (Feb. 3, 2012)—The European Union General Court has rejected appeals by DuPont Co., Dow Chemical Co., and Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. against fines imposed by the EU for their participation in a cartel to fix prices of polychloroprene rubber.

MADISON, Wis. (Feb. 3, 2012)—Wisconsin will become the seventh state to mandate a statewide ban on lead wheel weights if a bill currently before the Wisconsin legislature becomes law, according to a top executive for a wheel weight manufacturing firm.

KOTTAYAM, India (Feb. 3, 2012)—Natural rubber prices in India won't fluctuate much in the coming months, according to the chairman of the India Rubber Board.

FULLERTON, Calif. (Feb. 3, 2012)—Yokohama Tire Corp. said it will hike aftermarket consumer tire prices sold in the U.S. by as much as 8 percent on March 1.