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Teknor Apex to add TPE capacity in Europe

Teknor Apex to add TPE capacity in Europe

Added: 22 Aug 2017

Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany - Teknor Apex Co. is expanding its European thermoplastic elastom…

Toyo divesting industrial products unit to Nitta, Sekisui

Toyo divesting industrial products unit to Nitta, Sekisui

Added: 22 Aug 2017

Hyogo, Japan – Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. has agreed to divest major portions of its chemical indu…

India set to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese TBR tires

India set to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese TBR tires

Added: 22 Aug 2017

London - India's anti-dumping body has established that the country’s tire manufacturers are being …

Rubber trade dispute widens as Mexico launches investigation

Rubber trade dispute widens as Mexico launches investigation

Added: 21 Aug 2017

Mexico City – The Mexican government has initiated an investigation into dumping of emulsion styren…

While employees are regularly reminded to reuse rubber bands, the company admitted that the items continue to be dropped by its postmen and postwomen in the course of their work.

Royal Mail aims to cut rubber-band waste

Added: 21 Aug 2017

London – Every year, Royal Mail plc uses around 338 tonnes of rubber bands to keep bundles of mail …

Report: ExxonMobil buys Lion Copolymer rubber plant

Report: ExxonMobil buys Lion Copolymer rubber plant

Added: 21 Aug 2017

Baton Rouge, Louisiana - ExxonMobil Corp has acquired a rubber production facility of Lion Copolyme…

Top 10 Rubber technologies - BACKUP

Added: 20 Aug 2017

European Rubber Journal's regular update of the latest potentially significant advances in the fiel…

Semperit suspends outlook after tough H1

Semperit suspends outlook after tough H1

Added: 18 Aug 2017

Vienna – With a new management team, Semperit Group has taken its first steps in a transition phase…

Goodyear promotes Helsel to VP, technology officer

Goodyear promotes Helsel to VP, technology officer

Added: 18 Aug 2017

Akron, Ohio –  Goodyear has promoted Christopher Helsel to vice president and chief technology offi…

Trelleborg moving to advanced sealing products plant in Denmark

Trelleborg moving to advanced sealing products plant in Denmark

Added: 18 Aug 2017

Trelleborg, Sweden –Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is to relocate its Danish manufacturing facility t…

Robinson cure additive gains approval for use in toys, balloons

Robinson cure additive gains approval for use in toys, balloons

Added: 18 Aug 2017

West Bromich, UK – Robinson Brothers has announced that its Arbestab Z product has been approved by…

Barcode system can eliminate mix-ups during LSR moulding

Barcode system can eliminate mix-ups during LSR moulding

Added: 18 Aug 2017

Oftering, Austria –  Elmet, an Austrian operating system supplier for the injection moulding of two…

At the event, being staged 9-13 Oct, Arburg‘s electric Allrounder 470 A with 1,000 kN of closing force will produce flexible and transparent magnifying glasses from LSR. It will be fitted with a four-cavity mould with needle-type shut-off nozzle and cold runners from Rico.

Arburg to mould LSR magnifying glasses at MSV show

Added: 18 Aug 2017

Lossburg, Germany – Arburg will demonstrate its capabilities in the field of liquid silicone rubber…

New version up Trelleborg "absolutely pure" seals for Drinktec

New version up Trelleborg "absolutely pure" seals for Drinktec

Added: 18 Aug 2017

Trelleborg, Sweden – At the Drinktec 2017 trade show, 11-15 Sept in Munich, Germany, Trelleborg Sea…

SIBUR raises elastomer volumes in H1

SIBUR raises elastomer volumes in H1

Added: 17 Aug 2017

Moscow –  Sibur increased its elastomers production volumes by 11.3% year-on-year in the first six …

Arlanxeo facing market challenges in second-half

Arlanxeo facing market challenges in second-half

Added: 17 Aug 2017

Cologne, Germany – Arlanxeo, the synthetic rubber joint venture between Lanxess and Saudi Aramco, s…

Trump dissolves jobs council as industry bosses resign

Trump dissolves jobs council as industry bosses resign

Added: 17 Aug 2017

Washington — President Donald Trump dissolved the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative council after a ser…

Trelleborg launches REACH-compliant polyurethanes

Trelleborg launches REACH-compliant polyurethanes

Added: 17 Aug 2017

Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has launched two heat-resistant polyurethane mate…

EU probes Chinese truck & bus tire dumping

EU probes Chinese truck & bus tire dumping

Added: 16 Aug 2017

Brussels – The European Commission has started anti-dumping investigation proceedings concerning im…

Chemical makers criticise UK Brexit plan

Chemical makers criticise UK Brexit plan

Added: 16 Aug 2017

London – The UK government is making the full transition to Brexit “unnecessarily complex,” accordi…