Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) is the best-selling synthetic rubber and for decades, has been indispensable for many applications. In everyday life, SBR is mainly found in vehicle tyres. According to a recent market study by Ceresana, worldwide consumption for this elastomer…
Author: admin
Bridgestone HosePower acquires Industrial Rubber Company
Japanese tyre maker Bridgestone is broadening its footprint to become one of the largest networks specialising in hose sales and service in the US with its acquisition of Industrial Rubber Co., a hydraulic and industrial hose sales and service company…
Sun Tyre & Wheel buys Starco’s Sri Lankan tyre factory
Sun Tyre & Wheel Systems (SUN-TWS), a division of Sundaram Industries Ltd that in turn is part of the US$8 billion TVS Group of India, has acquired Starco Group’s tyre plant in Sri Lanka. It is SUN-TWS’s fifth manufacturing plant…
Saint-Gobain starts sale of fluoropolymer parts from India
US-based Saint-Gobain Seals says that it has established the production of Rulon 123 stamped fluoropolymer parts at its Bangalore, India, facility in order to supply local parts to a global industrial customer for use in gasoline metering pumps. The business…
Liberia opens its first rubber processing plant
Liberia’s first 100% locally-owned rubber plant, located in Blagai, Bomi Highway, was recently inaugurated in the country. The Cooper Rubber Processing Plant (CRPP) will manufacture retreaded tyres, roofing materials, electrical insulators, fixtures PVC pipes, fittings, and rubber gloves. The plant is…
Toyo Tire takes tyre development to the next level
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. has developed a proprietary new technology for the simulation of tyre aerodynamics known as Mobility Aerodynamics that applies aerodynamic flow simulations. The technology will be effective for the company in designing “tyres having the excellent…
Hartalega launches world’s first antimicrobial glove
Malaysian glove company Hartalega Holdings Bhd has launched what it says is the world’s first non-leaching antimicrobial glove. The nitrile glove maker says it has invested over US$10 million, over a period of six years, to develop its antimicrobial glove,…
Continental bans social media use over data protection fears
Citing data privacy concerns, German technology company Continental has banned its employees from using WhatsApp and Snapchat on company-issued mobile devices over concerns that the apps may leak confidential information to third parties. The company said the apps “have deficiencies…
Swedish project to study production of fuel from waste tyres
The possibility of producing pyrolysis oil from worn out tyres is being investigated in a research project run by the Research Institute of Sweden (RISE), along with Scandinavian tyre recycler Enviro Systems and waste management group Ragn-Sells, with support from…
Michelin completes acquisition of Fenner
French tyre maker Michelin has finalised its acquisition of UK-based conveyor-belt maker Fenner Plc for about US$1.7 billion recently. The deal, announced in March this year, is aimed at expanding the French tyre manufacturer’s mining equipment business and moving into non-rubber materials. The tyre…