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DKT: Barbe advances anti-tacks for custom compounders

DKT: Barbe advances anti-tacks for custom compounders

Added: 18 Jun 2018

Wiesbaden, Germany – At DKT 2018, Barbe will present anti-tack agents from its Promol SL range, whi…

DKT: DuPont to showcase ethylene acrylic elastomers

DKT: DuPont to showcase ethylene acrylic elastomers

Added: 18 Jun 2018

Geneva, Switzerland – DuPont will highlight its Vamac ethylene acrylic elastomers offering during t…

London - The DKT (Deutsche Kautschuk Tagung) rubber industry exhibition and conference takes place 2-5 July in Nuremberg, Germany.

DKT: Rubber industry exhibition and conference

Added: 17 Jun 2018

DKT 2018 will be a focal point for the international rubber processing industry, with around 290 co…

Movin'On to return to Montreal

Movin'On to return to Montreal

Added: 15 Jun 2018

Montreal, Quebec – Movin'On, the Group Michelin-sponsored conference on sustainable mobility, will …

Sri Lanka lifts costly ban on weed-killer

Sri Lanka lifts costly ban on weed-killer

Added: 15 Jun 2018

Colombo – The Sri Lankan government has recently decided to lift a ban on the glyphosate weedicide …

Ferrari picks Bridgestone for Portofino convertible

Ferrari picks Bridgestone for Portofino convertible

Added: 15 Jun 2018

Brussels – Bridgestone NV/SA was selected by Ferrari NV to supply optional run-flat tires for its 6…

BRV: German replacement tire sales ‘stabilise at high level’

BRV: German replacement tire sales ‘stabilise at high level’

Added: 15 Jun 2018

Bonn, Germany – Sale of replacement tires in Germany grew by just 0.5% in 2017 to reach around 55.1…

Zeon adding HNBR capacity

Added: 15 Jun 2018

Tokyo – Zeon Corp. is raising production capacity for hydrogenated nitrile rubber (HNBR) at its man…

 The MTF 1500/280 hydraulic vertical machine in combination with automated moulded parts extraction and systems for subsequent processing, upgraded to a fully automatic production cell.

DKT: Maplan to double up on Industry 4.0

Added: 15 Jun 2018

Kottingbrunn, Austria – At DKT 2018, Maplan will be exhibiting two fully automatic, Industry 4.0-co…

Trelleborg appoints new sales manager for China

Trelleborg appoints new sales manager for China

Added: 14 Jun 2018

Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg’s offshore operation has appointed Ralph Wu as sales manager for Ch…

DuPont recognised as ContiTech ‘supplier of the year’

DuPont recognised as ContiTech ‘supplier of the year’

Added: 14 Jun 2018

Geneva, Switzerland – DuPont Transportation & Advanced Polymers has received a “Supplier of the Yea…

RIEG meeting to tackle elastomers in transport

RIEG meeting to tackle elastomers in transport

Added: 14 Jun 2018

London – The IoM3’s Rubber In Engineering Group (RIEG) will hold a free afternoon technical discuss…

Marangoni mulling investment in Brazil

Marangoni mulling investment in Brazil

Added: 14 Jun 2018

Ala, Italy – Tyre Retreading Machinery (TRM), part of Marangoni Meccanica SpA, has said that it is …

Intertronics to distribute Wacker silicones in UK, Ireland

Intertronics to distribute Wacker silicones in UK, Ireland

Added: 14 Jun 2018

Munich, Germany – Wacker Chemie AG has awarded a distribution contract for its silicone products to…

ETRMA backs new HDV emissions regs

ETRMA backs new HDV emissions regs

Added: 14 Jun 2018

Brussels  – The European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association has welcomed a new EU legislative…

DKT: Desma to focus on automation

DKT: Desma to focus on automation

Added: 14 Jun 2018

The two S3 series injection moulding machines will each be equipped with a production cell with rob…

Russian Kama attracts tariff-hit TBR buyers

Russian Kama attracts tariff-hit TBR buyers

Added: 13 Jun 2018

Cologne, Germany – Russian tire makers are among the beneficiaries of the EU decision to impose tar…

Munich, Germany – Funds managed by Equistone Partners Europe have agreed to sell a majority stake in tire-cord-cutting machine maker Karl Eugen Fischer, the private equity firm said 12 June.

Equistone selling tire equipment maker Karl Eugen Fischer

Added: 13 Jun 2018

The deal involves Equistone, which acquired Karl Eugen Fischer in August 2013, selling its stake to…

Cefic: EU chemicals sector losing momentum

Cefic: EU chemicals sector losing momentum

Added: 13 Jun 2018

Brussels – Growth in the EU chemicals sector is "losing momentum," said Cefic, as it reported produ…

 Arvind Poddar, chairman and managing director of BKT.

Materials costs 'put heat' on BKT

Added: 13 Jun 2018

Crete, Greece – Balkrishna Industries Ltd (BKT) is currently ”feeling the heat” from pressure on th…