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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…
K2019: Covestro presenting insole 3D printing
Added: 3 Oct 2019
Covestro AG is presenting the prototype for a new application of its TPU materials for additive man…
Hankook shelves European truck & bus tire expansion
Added: 3 Oct 2019
Hankook Tire has postponed plans to establish a €290-million truck & bus tire (TBR) manufacturing f…
Nokian inaugurates US tire manufacturing plant
Added: 3 Oct 2019
Nokian Tyres plc has commissioned production at its Dayton passenger/light truck tire factory two y…
Huntsman renews distribution deal with PU Consulting
Added: 3 Oct 2019
Huntsman Corp. has extended its partnership with PU Consulting AB of Sweden.
K2019 Preview: K stands for rubber
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Rubber and elastomer technologies will feature strongly across the halls at the upcoming polymer ex…
ContiTech considering future of German hose plant
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Continental Corp. is considering the closure of its hose assembly plant in Oppenweiler, in central …
People: Brenntag appoints ex-Clariant exec as CEO
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Brenntag AG has appointed Christian Kohlpaintner as the company’s chief executive officer, effectiv…
People: Bridgestone EMEA adds "emerging markets" boss
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Bridgestone Europe has appointed Mete Ekin, formerly regional managing director Middle East and Afr…
Michelin raising North America prices for fourth time
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Michelin North America Inc. (MNA) is raising prices for the fourth time this year, the tire maker a…
China's Chambroad to expand rubber material facility
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Rubber materials maker Chambroad Zhongju New Materials is to add new facilities with the capacity t…
K2019: Delia advances rubber moulding robotics
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Rubber moulding-machine automation company Delia SRL will present robotic cells which are engineere…
