MUNICH-based chemical group, Wacker, assigns additional marketing rights to its sales partner Silspek Rubber for the sale of high-temperature-curing silicones. The Polish silicone compounder will be marketing ready-to-use silicone rubber compounds based on Wacker raw materials with the label “Based…
Category: Technology
Development of next gen condoms wins Gates Foundation grant
THE Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a new batch of winners as part of its Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) initiative. GCE grants fund to innovative ideas that pertain to global health and development problems. The current winning proposals…
Continental rolls out premium tread for tyres
GERMAN tyre producer Continental offers its new premium tread for cold retreading, the ContiTread. The firm says that it is extending the ContiTread range, with an offering of ten new items for various segments and commercial vehicle classes. The Continental…
RWI unveils new rubber elastomeric pipes
UAE-HEADQUARTERED Rubber World Industries LLC (RWI) launches its new elastomeric rubber insulation pipes, the company’s latest addition to its Gulf-O-Flex products. The new product, which comes in various colours, offers to reduce power consumption by 88%. The launching is held…
Sealing manufacturer Kaco adopts Maplan’s new machine concept
HEILBRONN-headquartered Kaco, a leading global manufacturer of high precision, application-oriented sealing solutions for the automotive, engine and machinery industries, establishes a new production line in China for transmission components. These components are resistant to temperatures of about 150 °C and…
Recyclable tyre for the agriculture sector
LAST year, Italian elastomer compounder API and mould maker Tecnostamp developed a “green life” tyre from PU as an alternative to tyres currently manufactured from vulcanised rubber. The tyres have been produced by Emanuele Conti & Partners’ Mecaplast S.a.S., which…
Durex develops silicone rubber wrap heater
US firm Durex Industries, a leading designer and manufacturer of heaters, temperature sensors, controls and systems, develops their Elastic Wrap Heater (EWH) technology. Elastic Wrap Heaters are used in applications that require heating for freeze protection or to prevent condensation.…
SGB,Yulex to create platform to double guayule rubber output
AGRICULTURAL biotechnology firm, SGB, and biomaterial specialist, Yulex Corporation, are collaborating to put up a genomics and molecular breeding platform focused on accelerating the crop improvement of sustainable rubber source, Guayule. For the project, a non-GMO technology platform that combines…
Cooper makes available new mud terrain design tyre
Cooper Tyre & Rubber Co. has introduced a Mastercraft premium off-road tyre at the Specialty Equipment Market Association Show. The Courser MXT features the latest in mud-terrain construction and performance together with its aggressive off-road design built for serious off-road…
Hercules offers new all-steel H-901 tyres for trucks
HERCULES Tire & Rubber Co launches a new addition to its H-Series medium truck offering, the new Hercules H-901. According to Joshua Simpson, Hercules’s Vice President of Marketing, the tyre features better load carrying capability for hauling as well as…