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Covestro releases skin-friendly TPU films for wearables

Covestro releases skin-friendly TPU films for wearables

Added: 7 Jul 2019

Leverkusen, Germany – Wearable electronic patches are finding increasing use in many areas of medic…

Pirelli introduces new all-season tire

Pirelli introduces new all-season tire

Added: 7 Jul 2019

Rome, Georgia – Pirelli has updated its range of all-season tires for SUVs and crossovers in the No…

Fintyre wins Milan public-transport tire contract

Added: 7 Jul 2019

Seriate, Italy – Fintyre has been awarded the tender to supply of tires for public transport vehicl…

K2019: Kraiburg TPE targets food-contact, car-interiors, hybrids

K2019: Kraiburg TPE targets food-contact, car-interiors, hybrids

Added: 7 Jul 2019

Waldkraiburg, Germany – At K2019, Kraiburg TPE will present thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds…

Covestro delivers first leading-edge wind turbine order

Covestro delivers first leading-edge wind turbine order

Added: 7 Jul 2019

Leverkusen, Germany –  Covestro has processed its first commercial order involving the application …

No-deal Brexit ‘looms’ over UK manufacturing

No-deal Brexit ‘looms’ over UK manufacturing

Added: 7 Jul 2019

London – The UK’s manufacturing sector is experiencing historic lows in investment, according to Ju…

Akron, Ohio – It doesn't seem possible that I am writing a column about my retirement from Crain Communications Inc., my employer for more than three decades.

Dave Zielasko retires, starts new chapter in industry

Added: 7 Jul 2019

Publisher of European Rubber Journal and US sister titles Tire Business and Rubber & Plastics News,…

Producer responsibility ‘no fix’ for tire recycling

Producer responsibility ‘no fix’ for tire recycling

Added: 7 Jul 2019

Warwick, UK – Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is not an effective answer to issues around th…

 Mercedes-Benz's EQC enters battle for EV market share

Rubber to help Mercedes regain EV market-share

Added: 7 Jul 2019

Stuttgart, Germany – Daimler is aiming its new Mercedes-Benz EQC as an affordable crossover, partic…

Calender maker lines up IT-services acquisition

Added: 4 Jul 2019

London - Rubber calender maker Comerio Ercole is preparing to acquire an “engineering company” this…

Chinese tire maker builds second Malaysian plant

Chinese tire maker builds second Malaysian plant

Added: 4 Jul 2019

Kuantan, Malaysia – China’s Maxtrek Tyres broke ground on its tire site at Malaysia-China Kuantan I…

Hutchinson and Hiroshima Kasei launch JV in Japan

Hutchinson and Hiroshima Kasei launch JV in Japan

Added: 4 Jul 2019

Called Hiroshima Kasei Hutchinson Sealing Japan (HHSJ), the JV will reinforce Hutchinson’s presence…

Synthetic turf project features at G20 meeting

Synthetic turf project features at G20 meeting

Added: 4 Jul 2019

Gandino, Italy  – A joint project by RadiciGroup, Versalis and Safitex Spa to develop recyclable sy…

 TUM’s AlgaeTec facility at Ludwig Bölkow Campus, south of Munich

German project to make carbon fibres from algae

Added: 4 Jul 2019

Munich, Germany - A research project led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is developing …

Rubber processor shares: European gains, declines elsewhere

Rubber processor shares: European gains, declines elsewhere

Added: 4 Jul 2019

Share prices of selected rubber processors and product manufacturers show a generally positive tren…

Enviro explains delays to US, Danish projects

Enviro explains delays to US, Danish projects

Added: 4 Jul 2019

The facilities are to employ Enviro's patented technology for the thermal decomposition of tires in…

London – Synthomer plc is to acquire Omnova Solutions Inc. a US-based supplier of polymers, dispersions and elastomers for £654 million (€729 million).

Synthomer to acquire Omnova for €729m

Added: 4 Jul 2019

The transaction is expected to complete in late 2019 or early 2020, subject to approvals by Synthom…

Vystar studying deproteinised dry rubber and latex

Vystar studying deproteinised dry rubber and latex

Added: 4 Jul 2019

Worcester, Massachusetts - Vystar Corp. is investigating a new class of deproteinised dry rubber fo…

Hexpol acquires Preferred Compounding for €206m

Added: 3 Jul 2019

Stockholm – Hexpol Group has announced the €232-million (€206 million) acquisition of Preferred Com…

Wison completes butadiene plant for Chengzhi Yongqing

Wison completes butadiene plant for Chengzhi Yongqing

Added: 2 Jul 2019

Shanghai, China – Wison Engineering has completed the construction of a 100 kilotonne per annum (kt…