HARBURG-Freudenberger Maschinenbau , a wholly owned subsidiary of L. Possehl , has acquired Slovakian company ZTS-LR NaJUS from the Rona Group. The 250-staffed ZTS-LR builds specialist equipment with a focus on welded structures, mechanical processing and the assembly of complex…
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Continental’s R&D in Singapore
GERMAN firm Continental has set up a S$36 million research centre in Singapore, to serve the growing engineering demands in Asia and worldwide. The 10,170 sq m-facility, which at present houses 650 employees from the Interior division of the Continental…
Conti to expand Hefei tyre factory
Continental Tyre will increase investment to US$450 million in Hefei-based factory, according to Anhui Provincial Administration of Commerce. Hefei-based plant is located in Hefei Hi-Tech Development Zone and it operated in last May. The capital increase this time is for…
Sumitomo opens second tyre plant in Changsa
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. has inaugurated production at its passenger tyre plant in Changsha, two years after announcing the $297 million project. The new plant, covering 550,000 square meterss designed with a production capacity at 30,000 tires per day. The…
Lanxess partners with NTDA on labelling
Speciality chemicals company, Lanxess is partnering with the National Tyre Distributor’s Association (NTDA) to ensure tyre dealers and wholesalers across the UK have everything they need to prepare for mandatory tyre labelling when it is introduced on 1 November. According…
Titan strengthens OTR tyre manufacture through major purchase
Titan International announced that it will purchase a majority ownership interest in Planet Corp. Group of Companies in an all-cash transaction. Planet includes National Tyres, Acme Wheel, Resource Tyre and Choice Tyres Wholesalers, and is based in Perth, Australia. The…
Tamicare to use Vystar NRL in non-woven products
Vystar, the creator of Vytex Natural Rubber Latex (NRL), announced that they received initial order for Vytex NRL from Tamicare Ltd, a non-woven material developer. Vytex NRL is the main raw material for the production of their just released Cosyflex…
Cooper Tire receives research funding from USDA
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded Cooper Tire & Rubber and its consortium partners a US$6.9 million grant. The four-year grant will support research efforts on enhancing manufacturing processes, testing and utilizing of guayule natural rubber as a…
German hose maker signs tech deal with India
Frankfut-based hose maker Flowtech Tristone Group and Indian automotive company Bony Polymers signed a technical license agreement. Under the agreement, Tristone will provide technical support in the production and logistics for fluid applications such as engine cooling water, cooling hoses,…
Highlights at German Rubber Conference (DKT) in Nuremberg
At the recent German Rubber Conference (DKT) in Nuremberg, Lanxess’ssubsidiary RheinChemie presented a new process known as iCOM for final integrated continuous mixing. According to the company, this makes the production process more cost-efficient. The quality of compound manufacture is…