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Tires under the microscope
Added: 1 Jun 2015
A key challenge facing the tire industry is how to develop tread compounds which are able to improv…
Feature: Pressure on seals accelerates materials R&D
Added: 1 Jun 2015
Growing demand for high performance seals is driving investment both in new production facilities a…
Smithers Group adds capabilities to Chinese lab
Added: 31 May 2015
Akron, Ohio —Smithers Group has announced a series of expanded capabilities at its Smithers Rapra S…
US latest data show rise in rubber product deficit
Added: 31 May 2015
Washington —The US rubber product trade deficit grew 5.2 percent in November, though the total shor…
Sipchem starts cable insulation production plant
Added: 31 May 2015
Riyadh – Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) has filed an announcement at the Saudi…
Yokohama opens automotive hose assembly plant in Mexico
Added: 31 May 2015
Tokyo ‒ The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd opened its automotive hose assembly plant at the San Francisco …
Dunlop appoints general manager for China facility
Added: 31 May 2015
Birmingham, UK – Dunlop Taikoo (Jinjiang) Aircraft Tyres has appointed David Shen as general manage…
Feature: Just-in-time approach to final mixing & blending
Added: 29 May 2015
VMI reports on a project, also involving Rhein Chemie and Bekina, that offers a promising new appr…
Dow to 'pull the plug' on Tyrin production
Added: 29 May 2015
London – Dow Chemical Co. is to stop producing chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) from 2016 and discont…
Brakes on UK car production
Added: 29 May 2015
London - UK car production slowed slightly in the first four months of 2015, according to the lates…
BMS to make CO2 polyols from early 2016
Added: 29 May 2015
Dormagen, Germany – Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has installed a chemical reactor at the facility i…
Cefic: EU chemical output stagnates as prices fall
Added: 29 May 2015
Brussels - The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has reported that European chemical outpu…
Innovative TPEs driving growth towards €32bn elastomers market
Added: 28 May 2015
London - The global market for elastomers was worth $21.52 billion (€19.67bn) in 2014 and is expect…
US rubber moulder expands after urethanes acquisition
Added: 28 May 2015
Charlotte, North Carolina — When Philpott Rubber Co. purchased Urethane Products Industries Inc. in…
Why are tires black?
Added: 28 May 2015
A chance conversation over dinner with the Society of Automotive Historians in Britain has led me t…
REACH for polymers 'on the back burner'
Added: 27 May 2015
London – The European Commission (EC) is unlikely to push forward with proposals to require polymer…
Sumitomo Rubber suffers double-digit declines
Added: 27 May 2015
Kobe, Japan—Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. suffered double-digit declines in operating and net inc…
Semperit completes acquisition of seal maker
Added: 27 May 2015
Vienna – Semperit AG Holding has completed its acquisition of rubber seal manufacturer Lesser GmbH …
Feature: Cable makers ‘should do more’ as technology advances
Added: 27 May 2015
Customers want advanced solutions but some shy away from new product development work, Patrick Rale…
Evonik plans new silica production facility in US
Added: 26 May 2015
Wesseling, Germany - Evonik Industries is to build a world-scale facility for the production of pre…
