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IRSG warns about global rubber oversupply
Added: 9 Apr 2015
Guangdong, China –In a number of years from now there will be an oversupply situation, and the year…

Engineering rubber conference in Manchester
Added: 9 Apr 2015
London - The Rubber in Engineering Group (RIEG) of the IoM3 has announced the programme for its nex…

Royal buys UK rubber bonding specialist CIL
Added: 9 Apr 2015
South Bend, Indiana – Royal Holdings Inc., owned by equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners, has acqu…

Q&A: Dr. Mohamed Hassan, head of Mesnac research centre
Added: 9 Apr 2015
For the Automation feature in the March/April issue, ERJ asked Dr. Mohamed Hassan, executive direc…

Versalis, Lotte to build new plant under elastomers technology deal
Added: 8 Apr 2015
San Donato, Italy – Versalis and Lotte Chemical have extended an elastomers co-operation deal with …

China tire mould maker to launch lubricant-free technology
Added: 8 Apr 2015
Guangdong, China - Shandong Wantong Mould, a maker of radial tire segmented moulds based in Dongyin…

Apollo advances pan-India retreading plan
Added: 8 Apr 2015
Mumbai, India - Apollo Tyres has inaugurated its third Apollo Retread Zone (ARZ) in Mumbai - part o…

Marangoni Industrial Tyres raising prices in May
Added: 7 Apr 2015
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Industrial Tyres will introduce an 8-percent increase in the selling pr…

REP presses ahead with moulding machine plans
Added: 7 Apr 2015
Corbas, France – REP is proceeding with a series of development plans on the back of a second succe…

Another 20 miles with new Bridgestone tire
Added: 7 Apr 2015
Nashville, Tennessee – Bridgestone Americas has added a new tire to its fuel-efficient Ecopia range…

Pelmar appoints former Goodyear executive
Added: 7 Apr 2015
Ramat-Hasharon, Israel - Alex Coggi, former general manager of Goodyear Agricultural and Industria…

DRT commissions biomass power plant in France
Added: 7 Apr 2015
Vielle-Saint-Girons, France – DRT, a supplier of rosin and turpentine-based products to the rubber …

ChemChina lays groundwork to control Pirelli
Added: 7 Apr 2015
Milan, Italy— ChemChina's wholly owned subsidiary China National Tire & Rubber Co. (CNRC) has enter…

Pirelli CEO addresses ChemChina deal
Added: 7 Apr 2015
New York – China National Chemical Corp.’s bid to take control of Pirelli & C. SpA is first and for…

TPU elastomers market to grow 6% to 2018
Added: 7 Apr 2015
Albany, New York – The global market for thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) elastomers is set to be w…

Momentive unveils new silicone elastomer products
Added: 7 Apr 2015
Orlando, Florida – US-based Momentive Performance Materials (MPM) showcased its new silicone elasto…

Trinseo introduces supplier code of conduct
Added: 6 Apr 2015
Berwyn, Pennsylvania – Trinseo, the manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber formerly known as S…

Siemens highlights motion control and plant communications technologies
Added: 6 Apr 2015
Atlanta, Georgia — At this year’s National Plastics Exposition (NPE), Siemens presented various aut…

Q&A: Rockwell expert on tire plant automation
Added: 6 Apr 2015
European Rubber Journal gets the inside track on automation of the tire industry from Paolo Butti,…

Dyneon starts 'up-cycling' perfluorinated polymers
Added: 2 Apr 2015
Burgkirchen, Germany – Dyneon GmbH, a subsidiary of 3M Company, is claiming a breakthrough in the f…