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Rodolfo Comerio details advanced calendering technology
Added: 5 Apr 2019
Solbiate Olona, Italy – Rodolfo Comerio has announced that it is awaiting approval of a pending pat…
Conti flexible insulation system wins energy award
Added: 4 Apr 2019
Hanover, Germany – Continental Corp. has received the ‘industrial energy efficiency award’ (IEEA) a…
Trelleborg opens AVS production plant in India
Added: 4 Apr 2019
Bengaluru, India – Trelleborg’s antivibration solutions (AVS) operation is set to open a production…
Borealis starts up TPO compounding unit in US
Added: 4 Apr 2019
Taylorsville, North Carolina – Borealis AG has started up a 30-kilotonne-per-annum (ktpa) compoundi…
Enviro says rCB can cut emissions by over 80%
Added: 4 Apr 2019
Stockholm – Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) has issued study findings showing that major reduc…
Rubber machinery makers robust under pressure
Added: 3 Apr 2019
London - Given the market pressures that emerged during the year – international trade disputes, a …
ETRMA backs move to extend TPMS vehicle categories
Added: 3 Apr 2019
Brussels – The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has thrown its weight be…
Leoni cutting 2,000 jobs to stabilise business
Added: 3 Apr 2019
Nuremberg, Germany – German automotive cables specialist Leoni AG is planning to lay off up to 2,00…
Technology: Fraunhofer claims tire-rubber advance
Added: 3 Apr 2019
Schkopau, Germany – The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP) claims to have deve…
DowDuPont spins off material science company Dow
Added: 2 Apr 2019
Midland, Michigan – Dow Inc. is about to make its debut on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, replac…
Cooper Standard completes sale of AVS unit to Conti
Added: 2 Apr 2019
Novi, Michigan – Cooper Standard has completed the divestiture of its anti-vibration systems (AVS) …
Bridgestone acquires TomTom Telematics
Added: 2 Apr 2019
Brussels – Bridgestone Europe NV/SA has completed the €910-million acquisition of Amsterdam-based T…
UK polymer industry strongly against no-deal Brexit
Added: 2 Apr 2019
London - A large majority within the British polymer industry is opposed to a no-deal Brexit, accor…
Prinx Chengshan breaks ground on Thai tire plant
Added: 2 Apr 2019
Chonburi, Thailand – Chinese tire maker Prinx Chengshan (Cayman) Holdings Co., Ltd has launched con…
Outlook bright for carbon black?
Added: 1 Apr 2019
Can major manufacturers continue on the track of strong market growth and investment seen last year…
Comment: Cutting the ICE
Added: 1 Apr 2019
The rubber industry will have to change at a much faster rate than ever before if it is to keep pac…
Another year of slowdown for China’s rubber industry
Added: 1 Apr 2019
Guangzhou, China – China’s sizable rubber sector companies, including tire makers, reduced by 79 in…
Renault, DuPont form F1 strategic partnership
Added: 1 Apr 2019
Wilmington, Delaware – Renault Sport Racing and DuPont, the DowDuPont speciality products division,…
Technology: Trelleborg tackles brake noise
Added: 1 Apr 2019
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has come up with a solution to the problem of car…
Goodyear addressing safety at Virginia plant
Added: 1 Apr 2019
Danville, Virginia – Two years after reaching a settlement with Virginia regarding the accidental d…
