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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…
Technical Paper: Design of safer rubber accelerators
Added: 4 Oct 2019
The recent IRC2019 conference and exhibition in London included a poster presentation titled Design…
Research: Sales of larger tires grow in US
Added: 4 Oct 2019
Demand for larger rim-diameter passenger/light truck tires has grown to the point where 17-inch and…
Wacker opens pyrogenic silica plant in Tennessee
Added: 4 Oct 2019
Munich-based silica producer Wacker Group has opened a pyrogenic silica plant in Charleston, its fi…
Goodyear marks 75 years at proving grounds with expansion
Added: 4 Oct 2019
Marking 75 years testing tires at the proving grounds in San Angelo, Texas, Goodyear announced two …
Kemi-Intressen relaunches as Nordmann Nordic
Added: 4 Oct 2019
Kemi-Intressen AB, the Swedish subsidiary of Hamburg-based distributor Nordmann will operate under …
Technical Paper: Design of safer rubber accelerators
Added: 3 Oct 2019
The recent IRC2019 conference and exhibition in London included a poster presentation titled Design…
