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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…
TPE compounder expanding in US
Added: 26 May 2015
Hopkinsville, Kentucky - Riken Elastomers Corp. will send $22 million on an expansion that will cre…
Dow Corning unveils "significant" silicone advance
Added: 25 May 2015
Dow Corning unveiled “a significant new enhancement” to its Silastic fluorosilicone rubber (FSR) po…
ContiTech to put Phoenix brand on Veyance belts
Added: 25 May 2015
Hanover, Germany – Conveyor belts for the mining industry produced by Veyance Technologies are to b…
Press release: New Nynas range of naphthenic oils minimises reformulation need
Added: 25 May 2015
The ongoing rationalization of Group I production across Europe has caused concern about shortages …
Helix Medical purchases silicone tubing line from Gore
Added: 25 May 2015
Carpinteria, California – Helix Medical LLC, part of Freudenberg, has acquired the silicone tubing …
Feature: Evonik tracks silica trends in tire sector
Added: 23 May 2015
For the Tires in the Lab feature in the May/June issue of ERJ, Dr Hans-Detlef Luginsland of Evonik …
Chinese maker recalls tires for possible belt separation
Added: 22 May 2015
Washington — China’s Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co. Ltd is recalling 5,068 Jinyu- and Evergreen-bran…
