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People: Fintyre names new management team
Added: 10 Oct 2019
UK tire distributor Fintyre Group has named former CEO Mauro Pessi as executive chairman and Claudi…
Conti acquires CRP Industries' automotive aftermarket belt business
Added: 10 Oct 2019
Continental Corp. has acquired the assets and business of CRP Industries' Continental-related belt …
Trinseo to build TPE pilot plant in Taiwan
Added: 10 Oct 2019
Trinseo SA is building a thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) pilot facility in Hsinchu, Taiwan, as part …
Hankook secures OE fitment on Porsche Cayenne SUV
Added: 9 Oct 2019
German luxury/sports car maker Porsche AG has selected 21-inch versions of the Hankook Ventus S1 ev…
Firestone expanding AVS operations in Poland
Added: 9 Oct 2019
Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC (FSIP) is making a "significant" investment in its opera…
New Orion carbon blacks to improve tire fuel efficiency
Added: 9 Oct 2019
Orion Engineered Carbons SA will debut a novel surface-modified carbon blacks for rubber applicatio…
Smiley Monroe opening conveyor belt plant in US
Added: 8 Oct 2019
Conveyor belt producer Smiley Monroe is opening a manufacturing facility in Franklin, Kentucky.
Arlanxeo advances CR, NBR upgrades in Europe
Added: 8 Oct 2019
Arlanxeo has completed a turnaround of its chloroprene rubber (CR) production facilities in Dormage…
Bridgestone cements new route to tire circular economy
Added: 8 Oct 2019
Bridgestone Corp. is optimising technology for using rubber granulate from scrap tires as a cement …
ETRMA publishes two reports on tire & road particles
Added: 8 Oct 2019
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has published two reports outlining…
Silicone elastomers market set for 6.2% growth
Added: 8 Oct 2019
The global silicone elastomers market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) o…
Trinseo launches reorganisation scheme to drive efficiency
Added: 8 Oct 2019
Trinseo SA has announced several changes to its executive leadership, as part of a strategy to real…
3M to increase fluoroelastomer capacity
Added: 7 Oct 2019
3M is set to bring significant new fluoroelastomer capacity on stream in response to increasing glo…
Technology Q&A: Understanding blockchain in the tire industry
Added: 7 Oct 2019
Question & answer with Sage executive vice president Nick Goode about the potential impact of the f…
Mitsubishi advances tire inspection systems
Added: 7 Oct 2019
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems Ltd (MHI-MS) is introducing a new range of tire-inspe…
Trinseo completes acquisition of latex binders assets in Germany
Added: 7 Oct 2019
US speciality chemicals company Trinseo SA has completed the acquisition of Dow Chemical’s latex pr…
Michelin extends technical partnership for bicycle tires
Added: 7 Oct 2019
Michelin and French bicycle road racing team Cofidis Solutions Crédits have extended their technica…
Technical Paper: Design of Safer Rubber Accelerators
Added: 4 Oct 2019
In the rubber industry most accelerators based on secondary amines can produce n-nitrosamines as a …
Dow fluorosilicone rubber for turbocharger hoses
Added: 4 Oct 2019
Dow-sponsored article about the growing use of the company’s Silastic fluorosilicone rubber in auto…
