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Silicone moulder adds Desma machine to production line

Silicone moulder adds Desma machine to production line

Added: 30 Nov 2015

Hereford, UK - Hereford-based TRP Sealing Systems has added a new 400 tonne injection moulding mach…

Continental starts China tire plant expansion

Continental starts China tire plant expansion

Added: 30 Nov 2015

Hefei, China – Continental has broken ground on phase 3 of its expansion project at its tire plant …

ContiTech appoints new head of fluid systems business

ContiTech appoints new head of fluid systems business

Added: 30 Nov 2015

Hanover, Germany - Andreas Gerstenberger has taken over as the head of ContiTech’s global industria…

Report: Sime Darby to grow more rubber

Report: Sime Darby to grow more rubber

Added: 26 Nov 2015

Kuala Lumpur  -- Sime Darby is  planning to expand its rubber plantation activities despite the on-…

Chinese machinery maker dismisses reports of share-dealing probe

Added: 26 Nov 2015

Tianjin, China – Officials of Tianjin Saixiang Technology (TST) have dismissed reports of there bei…

Zeon opens carbon nanotubes plant in Japan

Zeon opens carbon nanotubes plant in Japan

Added: 26 Nov 2015

Shunan City, Japan – Zeon Corp. has opened a carbon nanotubes manufacturing facility at the site of…

Carbon black R&D centre opens in Germany

Carbon black R&D centre opens in Germany

Added: 26 Nov 2015

Stegelitz, Germany – Recovered carbon black (rCB) producer cct opened a research and development ce…

Jaguar Land Rover to launch €640m expansion

Jaguar Land Rover to launch €640m expansion

Added: 26 Nov 2015

Wolverhampon, UK – Car-maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced plans to double the size of its …

UK company fined over tire explosion injury

Added: 26 Nov 2015

Essex, UK – A UK court has fined an agricultural machinery supplier £750,000 (€1.06 million) after …

Marangoni, GRP form retreading JV in India

Marangoni, GRP form retreading JV in India

Added: 26 Nov 2015

Mumbai, India –Marangoni Spa and rubber recyclier GRP Ltd have established a joint venture for comm…

Faulty rubber cables spark Chinese supplier puzzle

Faulty rubber cables spark Chinese supplier puzzle

Added: 26 Nov 2015

London – UK industry body the Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) is re-investigating the source of su…

Trinseo to hike prices in Latin America

Trinseo to hike prices in Latin America

Added: 25 Nov 2015

Berwyn, Pennsylvania – Trinseo has announced a price increase for all products sold into the carpet…

Press release: New plastic-rubber technology for automotive cooling parts

Press release: New plastic-rubber technology for automotive cooling parts

Added: 25 Nov 2015

Essen, Germany – Cooling circuit parts installed by renowned automotive manufacturers consist of a …

Doublestar’s Kazakhstan tire plant approved by local government

Doublestar’s Kazakhstan tire plant approved by local government

Added: 25 Nov 2015

Oskemen, Kazakhstan – Qingdao Doublestar’s plan to set up a new tire plant in Kazakhstan’s Oskemen …

Tronchetti Provera to run Pirelli industrial tires business

Tronchetti Provera to run Pirelli industrial tires business

Added: 25 Nov 2015

Milan, Italy – Lorenzo Sistinio, general manager of Pirelli Tyre SpA’s industrial business, is leav…

Interview: Chem Tech embarks on second phase of expansion

Interview: Chem Tech embarks on second phase of expansion

Added: 25 Nov 2015

Middlefield, Ohio – Chem Technologies Ltd. is preparing another expansion.

The custom mixer just ope…

Dutch centre to back Zochem's global goals

Dutch centre to back Zochem's global goals

Added: 25 Nov 2015

Brampton, Canada – Zochem Inc., part of Horsehead Holding Corp.,  is embarking on a series of initi…

Rubber industry reaching a crossroads in India

Rubber industry reaching a crossroads in India

Added: 25 Nov 2015

London - The Indian rubber manufacturing sector has an annual turnover of close to $5 billion (E5.6…

Precision moulded parts made of silicone are becoming smaller and smaller but have to be more and more precise at the same time, said Rene Heilmann, who heads the marketing department of Freudenberg Medical Europe.

Analysis: More from less in medical world

Added: 25 Nov 2015

Based on article appeared in November/December issue of European Rubber Journal magazine.

Less is mo…

Magna, Falken makes new VW Passat leaner

Magna, Falken makes new VW Passat leaner

Added: 24 Nov 2015

Wolfsburg, Germany – Magna International shaved weight off of the body stampings it provides to the…