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Goodyear advances use of rice silica

Goodyear advances use of rice silica

Added: 29 Aug 2019

Akron, Ohio – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has progressed with the use of rice husk ash (RHA) silica …

Continental invests in Hanover production systems

Continental invests in Hanover production systems

Added: 29 Aug 2019

Hanover, Germany – Continental Corp. is investing more than €2.5 million in new systems for drive c…

IOM3 hosting "biggest" rubber conference in London

IOM3 hosting "biggest" rubber conference in London

Added: 29 Aug 2019

London – UK's Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) will host the three-day Internatio…

Trelleborg bearings for ENI production vessel in Mexico

Trelleborg bearings for ENI production vessel in Mexico

Added: 29 Aug 2019

Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB’s offshore operation has been awarded a fast track contract to p…

People: SaarGummi appoints new chief executive

People: SaarGummi appoints new chief executive

Added: 28 Aug 2019

Remich, Luxembourg – Automotive rubber components manufacturer SaarGummi has appointed Lawrence Joh…

Pyrolyx AG to delist in Germany

Pyrolyx AG to delist in Germany

Added: 28 Aug 2019

Munich, Germany - Pyrolyx AG will consolidate all share trading onto one exchange ‐ Australian Stoc…

Singer to acquire US hydraulic hose manufacturer

Singer to acquire US hydraulic hose manufacturer

Added: 28 Aug 2019

Houston, Texas – US supplier of rubber products Singer Equities Inc. has reached an agreement to ac…

Apollo adds commercial truck tire centre in Thailand

Apollo adds commercial truck tire centre in Thailand

Added: 28 Aug 2019

Songkhla, Thailand — Apollo Tyres Ltd. has enhanced its commercial truck tire business, inauguratin…

Japan’s Kato Sansho starts China mixing project

Added: 28 Aug 2019

Jiaxing, Zhejiang – Japan’s rubber and special chemical distributor Kato Sansho has broken ground o…

Nokian adding admin building at US plant

Nokian adding admin building at US plant

Added: 27 Aug 2019

Dayton, Tennessee – Nokian Tyres plc has begun construction on an administration building, which wi…

Cooper Standard restructures purchasing organisation

Cooper Standard restructures purchasing organisation

Added: 27 Aug 2019

Novi, Michigan – Cooper Standard is transitioning its purchasing organisation to "a global commodit…

Pirelli P Zero tops Evo test ratings

Pirelli P Zero tops Evo test ratings

Added: 27 Aug 2019

New York – Pirelli's P Zero tire has been named as the best performance tire by the UK supercar mag…

Bridgestone launches major rejig, management reshuffle

Bridgestone launches major rejig, management reshuffle

Added: 27 Aug 2019

Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. has announced a series of restructuring moves and senior leadership chang…

Hedgemon was formed in 2015. Kennedy said the name is a play on the animal and the word hegemony – the preponderant influence or authority over others. In addition to Kennedy and Chief Science Officer Hsiung – who, in 2017, became the first two students worldwide to receive doctorates related to biomimicry – other company members are Chief Operating Officer Nate Swift, who graduated with a master's degree in physics from Case Western Reserve University, and Chief Design Officer Douglas Paige, an industrial design professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

How hedgehogs might make American football safer

Added: 25 Aug 2019

Cleveland, Ohio —The quills of a hedgehog, which cushion the mammal from harm when it falls from tr…

Kaco enters e-mobility market with new face seals

Kaco enters e-mobility market with new face seals

Added: 23 Aug 2019

Kirchardt, Germany – Automotive sealing specialist Kaco GmbH has developed new face seals for rotor…

Nokian tracking sustainability goals

Nokian tracking sustainability goals

Added: 23 Aug 2019

Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres has progressed with its sustainability targets, having further improv…

Rubber share tracker: Markets in reverse

Rubber share tracker: Markets in reverse

Added: 23 Aug 2019

London – Shares of most of rubber goods companies covered by ERJ’s European and US stock market rev…

Enviro Systems advances tire recycling plant in US

Enviro Systems advances tire recycling plant in US

Added: 23 Aug 2019

Buffalo, New York – Scandinavia Enviro Systems AB is moving forward with plans for a tire recycling…

DRAFT Mesnac bullish on China’s rubber machinery industry

DRAFT Mesnac bullish on China’s rubber machinery industry

Added: 23 Aug 2019

Guangzhou, China: China’s rubber machinery market is expected to reach up to €8 billion (60 billion…

Conti introduces air hose for construction, mining uses

Conti introduces air hose for construction, mining uses

Added: 23 Aug 2019

Fairlawn, Ohio - Continental AG has debuted a new heavy-duty air hose for the construction and mini…