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3M to increase fluoroelastomer capacity
Added: 7 Oct 2019
3M is set to bring significant new fluoroelastomer capacity on stream in response to increasing glo…

Technology Q&A: Understanding blockchain in the tire industry
Added: 7 Oct 2019
Question & answer with Sage executive vice president Nick Goode about the potential impact of the f…

Mitsubishi advances tire inspection systems
Added: 7 Oct 2019
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems Ltd (MHI-MS) is introducing a new range of tire-inspe…

Trinseo completes acquisition of latex binders assets in Germany
Added: 7 Oct 2019
US speciality chemicals company Trinseo SA has completed the acquisition of Dow Chemical’s latex pr…

Michelin extends technical partnership for bicycle tires
Added: 7 Oct 2019
Michelin and French bicycle road racing team Cofidis Solutions Crédits have extended their technica…

Technical Paper: Design of Safer Rubber Accelerators
Added: 4 Oct 2019
In the rubber industry most accelerators based on secondary amines can produce n-nitrosamines as a …

Dow fluorosilicone rubber for turbocharger hoses
Added: 4 Oct 2019
Dow-sponsored article about the growing use of the company’s Silastic fluorosilicone rubber in auto…

Technical Paper: Design of safer rubber accelerators
Added: 4 Oct 2019
The recent IRC2019 conference and exhibition in London included a poster presentation titled Design…

Research: Sales of larger tires grow in US
Added: 4 Oct 2019
Demand for larger rim-diameter passenger/light truck tires has grown to the point where 17-inch and…

Wacker opens pyrogenic silica plant in Tennessee
Added: 4 Oct 2019
Munich-based silica producer Wacker Group has opened a pyrogenic silica plant in Charleston, its fi…

Goodyear marks 75 years at proving grounds with expansion
Added: 4 Oct 2019
Marking 75 years testing tires at the proving grounds in San Angelo, Texas, Goodyear announced two …

Kemi-Intressen relaunches as Nordmann Nordic
Added: 4 Oct 2019
Kemi-Intressen AB, the Swedish subsidiary of Hamburg-based distributor Nordmann will operate under …

Technical Paper: Design of safer rubber accelerators
Added: 3 Oct 2019
The recent IRC2019 conference and exhibition in London included a poster presentation titled Design…

K2019: Covestro presenting insole 3D printing
Added: 3 Oct 2019
Covestro AG is presenting the prototype for a new application of its TPU materials for additive man…

Hankook shelves European truck & bus tire expansion
Added: 3 Oct 2019
Hankook Tire has postponed plans to establish a €290-million truck & bus tire (TBR) manufacturing f…

Nokian inaugurates US tire manufacturing plant
Added: 3 Oct 2019
Nokian Tyres plc has commissioned production at its Dayton passenger/light truck tire factory two y…

Huntsman renews distribution deal with PU Consulting
Added: 3 Oct 2019
Huntsman Corp. has extended its partnership with PU Consulting AB of Sweden.

K2019 Preview: K stands for rubber
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Rubber and elastomer technologies will feature strongly across the halls at the upcoming polymer ex…

ContiTech considering future of German hose plant
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Continental Corp. is considering the closure of its hose assembly plant in Oppenweiler, in central …