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China’s Z-Sharp starts up TPU shoe sole 3D printing facility
Added: 25 Jun 2019
Wuhu, Anhui – China’s Z-Sharp 3D Technology has started the first phase of a 3D printing facility. …
Sumitomo Chemical launches policy on human rights
Added: 25 Jun 2019
Tokyo – Sumitomo Chemical has set up a ‘human rights policy’ and an associated committee to promote…
Tarmac develops rubberised asphalt from ELTs
Added: 25 Jun 2019
London – UK supplier of sustainable construction materials Tarmac has developed a new rubberised as…
Bridgestone bearings for quake-proof Olympics venues
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp has supplied seismic isolation bearings for two newly-constructed permanen…
Michelin appoints new ad agency
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has selected Paris-based ad agency BETC as its new strategic ag…
Goodyear supplying tires to Airbus A321XLR
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear has been conditionally selected as a supplier by Airbus to provide its “flig…
DRAFT Polymers, fillers, interaction
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Efforts to optimise polymer-filler interactions are helping to increase the sustainability and perf…
Market “back where it started” a year after tariffs
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Birmingham, UK - Giti Tire was among the manufacturers to be hit by EU tariffs on truck and bus tir…
ContiTech expects “moderate growth” in car market
Added: 24 Jun 2019
London – Continental Corp. expects moderate growth in the automotive market in the second half of 2…
Windspace, Enviro advance tire pyrolysis project
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Nyborg, Denmark – Renewable energy group Windspace and Scandinavian Enviro systems have advanced th…
Railway supplier Huebner acquires bus specialist
Added: 21 Jun 2019
Kassel, Germany - German automotive and industrial parts supplier Huebner Group has acquired Gummi-…
Elkem develops tin-free catalysts for RTV 2 silicones
Added: 21 Jun 2019
Oslo – Elkem Silicones has developed a new tin-free catalyst system for room-temperature-vulcanisin…
Natural rubber price tracker: Mixed picture
Added: 21 Jun 2019
London - Natural rubber prices provided mixed signals in the Far East markets during the past two w…
Nexen rolls out first tire from Czech plant
Added: 21 Jun 2019
London – Nexen Tire Europe has rolled out its first tires in the trial run of its European producti…
Fibre stretches like rubber, is strong as metal
Added: 21 Jun 2019
Raleigh, North Carolina - Researchers have developed a fibre that combines the elasticity of rubber…
Michelin raises stake in Indonesian tire maker
Added: 20 Jun 2019
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has raised its ownership stake in the Indonesian tire company M…
Nexen advancing tire R&D in Silicone Valley partnership
Added: 20 Jun 2019
Sunnyvale, California — Nexen Tire America Inc. is partnering with Silicon Valley-based innovation …
People: Hexpol appoints chief financial officer
Added: 20 Jun 2019
Malmo, Sweden - Hexpol AB has appointed Peter Rosén as its new chief financial officer (CFO), the c…
China starts anti-dumping probe into EPDM imports
Added: 20 Jun 2019
Beijing – China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has started an anti-dumping investigation into EPDM…
Appeals court settles Nokian-Black Donuts legal case
Added: 20 Jun 2019
Nokia, Finland – A Finnish court of appeals has reduced fines and sentences against former Nokian T…
