A unanimous call for a ban against part-worn tyres has been sounded by members of the National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA), a UK-based trade association, who are also for tougher regulations relating to part-worn tyres. In a recent independent survey,…
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Arlanxeo invests in CR and NBR globally
Synthetic elastomers company Arlanxeo is strengthening its market position by investing in its high-performance elastomer products CR (chloroprene rubber) and NBR (nitrile butadiene rubber), laying the foundation for the further increase of production capacity in order to meet the increasing…
Trinseo completes acquisition of Dow’s German latex assets
Trinseo, a solutions provider for plastics, rubber and latex binders, has completed the acquisition of US Dow Chemical’s (Dow) latex production facilities at Rheinmunster, Germany. The approximately US$44 million transaction includes full ownership and operational control of two latex production…
China’s General Science to start trial run at Thai tyre plant
China-based company Jiangsu General Science Technology will trial its US$300 million tyre production plant in December 2019 in Rayong Industrial Zone, Thailand, which is currently the world’s largest rubber producer. The plant is to produce 1 million truck/bus tyres and…
Nokian commissions production at Tennessee, US, tyre factory
Premium tyre manufacturer Nokian Tyres (Nokian) has recently inaugurated its Dayton, Tennessee, passenger/light truck tyre factory – the company’s third overall and first outside of Europe – some two years after breaking ground on the US$360 million project.The Dayton factory…
Silicones: Injecting innovations to advance opportunities in LSR
Leading global LSR solution providers are driving the billion-dollar medical devices and automotive markets with new innovations and technologies, with companies like Wacker and Momentive presenting new solutions at the German K2019 show, says Angelica Buan. Expansions in the medical…
Technology/Machinery at K2019
Materials/Additives . German speciality chemicals firm Lanxess’s Rhein Chemie business unit will be showcasing new masterbatches from the Rhenogran product series. Aramid fibre masterbatches have previously been available in natural rubber, EPDM, NBR and CR matrices. These can also be…
Wacker opens plant for pyrogenic silica in the US
Munich-based Wacker Group has opened a plant for manufacturing pyrogenic silica at its US site in Charleston, Tennessee. The facility has a production capacity of 13,000 tonnes/year and Wacker says it will use this output both for sales purposes and…
US Customs seizes Malaysian rubber gloves in anti-slavery crackdown
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seized five different products on suspicion of being made using slave labour overseas – rubber gloves from Malaysia, clothing from China, gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo, charred animal bones (bone…
NGT advises ban on waste tyres imported to India
To prevent India from accumulating hazardous waste material from other nations, the National Green Tribunal (NGT), a specialised judicial board in the country, has recently directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to regulate the import of waste tyres. This…