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Pirelli plant keeps running amid UK floods

Pirelli plant keeps running amid UK floods

Added: 8 Dec 2015

Carlisle, UK – Flash flooding in north west England has not had  a significant impact on production…

Goodyear announces offering of €250m European notes

Goodyear announces offering of €250m European notes

Added: 8 Dec 2015

Akron, Ohio – Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe (GDTE) is sen to launch a private offering of €250 milli…

Anglo American cuts add to belt makers’ woes

Added: 8 Dec 2015

London – Global mining giant Anglo American has announced a series of swingeing cutbacks, piling fu…

Chemours trims workforce by 400

Chemours trims workforce by 400

Added: 8 Dec 2015

Wilmington, Delaware – Newly formed Chemours Co. is cutting its global workforce by around 400 posi…

Sabic, ExxonMobil set to start elastomers plant - report

Sabic, ExxonMobil set to start elastomers plant - report

Added: 8 Dec 2015

London – Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic) and ExxonMobil Chemical are scheduled to officially i…

BKT building R&D centre for OTR tires

BKT building R&D centre for OTR tires

Added: 7 Dec 2015

Bhuj, India – Balkrishna Industries Ltd is building a 32,000-sq.-ft. research and development cente…

Another project is the phase 2 expansion of the company’s industrial robot and smart logistics system site, with €53 million earmarked.

Mesnac to raise €183m for smart manufacturing facilities

Added: 7 Dec 2015

Qingdao, China – Mesnac has announced its plan to raise 1.27 billion yuan (€183 million) through pr…

ContiTech switching from silicone hose to plastics at US site

Added: 7 Dec 2015

Somersworth, New Hampshire – ContiTech Mobile Fluid Systems is restructuring its plant in Somerswor…

Chennai floods hamper JK Tyre production, damage site

Chennai floods hamper JK Tyre production, damage site

Added: 7 Dec 2015

Sriperumbadur, India - JK Tyre & Industries Ltd is the second Indian tire-maker to have its product…

Producers to set up rubber market by June 2016

Producers to set up rubber market by June 2016

Added: 7 Dec 2015

Jakarta – Major natural rubber producers, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, have agreed to open a r…

EU climate initiative to study turning CO2 into rubber

EU climate initiative to study turning CO2 into rubber

Added: 7 Dec 2015

Paris – A European Union initiative for climate innovation, Climate-KIC, is looking into using carb…

ABB advances X-ray monitoring of rubber seals

ABB advances X-ray monitoring of rubber seals

Added: 7 Dec 2015

London – ABB is developing x-ray analysis to monitor the condition of O-ring seals as part of a non…

New US law sets tighter tire regulations

New US law sets tighter tire regulations

Added: 7 Dec 2015

Washington – The US Senate has passed a five-year, $305-billion (€282-billion) surface transportati…

Press Release: Kuraray develops new photocurable elastomer

Press Release: Kuraray develops new photocurable elastomer

Added: 7 Dec 2015

Tokyo – Japanese chemicals company Kuraray has developed a new photocurable elastomer, the company …

The US company, said Hiller, first commercialised the coal-based rubber filler in a floor mat application about three years ago and has since expanded into other rubber applications including roofing and, most significantly, tires – OTR, agriculture and speciality tires, such as golf for carts and lawn mowers.

New kid on the black

Added: 7 Dec 2015

Based on article published in the November/December issue of European Rubber Journal magazine.

The d…

A rubber enthusiast with a PhD in polymer realogy, Nanotronics CEO Matthew Putman, explained: “We have the highest resolution so we could see the effect of nanofillers and features that are on the nano scale.”

Interview: The dispersion games

Added: 6 Dec 2015

Based on article published in the November/December issue of European Rubber Journal magazine.

New Y…

Trelleborg sealing operation expands test facilities

Added: 4 Dec 2015

Fort Wayne, Indiana – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, a business unit of Trelleborg AB, has expanded …

Goodyear appoints new EMEA boss

Goodyear appoints new EMEA boss

Added: 4 Dec 2015

Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has appointed Jean-Claude Kihn as president of its Europe, Middle East and A…

Analysis: All roads lead south east

Added: 3 Dec 2015

Based on article by Zivojin Sekulic of GAJ d.o.o, published in the November/December issue of Europ…

A European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) seminar on the issue offered few quick fixes for Europe’s E73-billion turnover rubber industry, its 350,000 workers or the more than 7,800 companies that employ them.

Opinion: Open up to close skills gap

Added: 3 Dec 2015

Based on article published in the November/December issue of European Rubber Journal magazine.

That …