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Rubber training courses in run up to IRC2019
Added: 9 Jul 2019
Brickendonbury, UK – Rubber Consultants will host a training programme at its Brickendonbury HQ fro…
X-Compound sets up centre at Troester US site
Added: 9 Jul 2019
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio—X-Compound GmbH has opened a customer and application center at the site of it…
Conti targets small cars with new hybrid drive
Added: 9 Jul 2019
Chief among them is a 48-volt drive system that Continental says allows full-electric operation wit…
Uth readies new technologies for RubberTech China
Added: 8 Jul 2019
Fulda, Germany – Uth GmbH will present new fine-mesh straining systems, gear pump technology and a …
World new car registrations down 7% in May
Added: 8 Jul 2019
Oxford, UK – World car registrations in May 2019 were down by 7% compared with the same month in 20…
SNCP elects Hutchinson director Perret as new president
Added: 8 Jul 2019
The Hutchinson purchasing director's appointment, as successor to Dominique Bellos. was confirmed a…
Hutchinson lifts off with new helicopter materials
Added: 7 Jul 2019
Paris – Hutchinson claims to have taken a major step forward in the helicopter market with the intr…
Covestro releases skin-friendly TPU films for wearables
Added: 7 Jul 2019
Leverkusen, Germany – Wearable electronic patches are finding increasing use in many areas of medic…
Pirelli introduces new all-season tire
Added: 7 Jul 2019
Rome, Georgia – Pirelli has updated its range of all-season tires for SUVs and crossovers in the No…
Fintyre wins Milan public-transport tire contract
Added: 7 Jul 2019
Seriate, Italy – Fintyre has been awarded the tender to supply of tires for public transport vehicl…
K2019: Kraiburg TPE targets food-contact, car-interiors, hybrids
Added: 7 Jul 2019
Waldkraiburg, Germany – At K2019, Kraiburg TPE will present thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds…
Covestro delivers first leading-edge wind turbine order
Added: 7 Jul 2019
Leverkusen, Germany – Covestro has processed its first commercial order involving the application …
No-deal Brexit ‘looms’ over UK manufacturing
Added: 7 Jul 2019
London – The UK’s manufacturing sector is experiencing historic lows in investment, according to Ju…
Dave Zielasko retires, starts new chapter in industry
Added: 7 Jul 2019
Publisher of European Rubber Journal and US sister titles Tire Business and Rubber & Plastics News,…
Producer responsibility ‘no fix’ for tire recycling
Added: 7 Jul 2019
Warwick, UK – Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is not an effective answer to issues around th…
Rubber to help Mercedes regain EV market-share
Added: 7 Jul 2019
Stuttgart, Germany – Daimler is aiming its new Mercedes-Benz EQC as an affordable crossover, partic…
Calender maker lines up IT-services acquisition
Added: 4 Jul 2019
London - Rubber calender maker Comerio Ercole is preparing to acquire an “engineering company” this…
Chinese tire maker builds second Malaysian plant
Added: 4 Jul 2019
Kuantan, Malaysia – China’s Maxtrek Tyres broke ground on its tire site at Malaysia-China Kuantan I…
Hutchinson and Hiroshima Kasei launch JV in Japan
Added: 4 Jul 2019
Called Hiroshima Kasei Hutchinson Sealing Japan (HHSJ), the JV will reinforce Hutchinson’s presence…
Synthetic turf project features at G20 meeting
Added: 4 Jul 2019
Gandino, Italy – A joint project by RadiciGroup, Versalis and Safitex Spa to develop recyclable sy…
