ContiTech has brought something new to the market for printing securities, high-quality film embossing (hot film/cold film) and sheet-fed printing – an enhanced printing blanket with a cover layer made of tiny glass beads. The Black Pearl glass bead printing…
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Malaysia to build more rubberised roads to shore up prices
Putrajaya will build more rubberised roads in a bid to shore up natural rubber prices, says Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas. “We should increase the use of rubber and the government is targeting to utilise 10%…
Rahul promises to help Kerala’s rubber growers
Kerala’s beleaguered rubber growers, who are reeling under rock-bottom prices for rubber latex, found a new politician this week to take up their cause: All India Congress Committee vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Rahul is presently on a tour of Kerala as…
MRF to expand Tamil Nadu plants at Rs 45 billion
MRF plans to invest about Rs 45 billion to expand the production capacity at its two factories in Tamil Nadu. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between MRF and the Tamil Nadu Government for the same. The proposed investments…
Pyrolyx completes deal in tyre recycling sector
Pyrolyx AG, based in Munich, has completed a deal to acquire Germany-based competitor Carbon-Clean Tech Stegelitz GmbH (CCT Stegelitz). CCT Stegelitz will be fully integrated into Pyrolyx AG, which says it will continue to invest in CCT’s production site in Stegelitz,…
Helix buys silicone tubing line from Gore
Helix Medical L.L.C., a Freudenberg company, has acquired the silicone tubing product line of W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. Helix Medical will supply Gore’s existing pharmaceutical and biotech customers with Gore silicone tubing and Gore reinforced silicone hose for fluid…
May U.S. new vehicle sales to rise 2 percent: JD Power, LMC Automotive
Industry consultancies JD Power & Associates and LMC Automotive said they expect U.S. new vehicle retail sales for May to rise 2 percent to their highest level since August 2014. New car retail sales are forecast to touch 1.3 million…
Momentive unveils next-generation grades of ultra clear Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR)
Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (Momentive) will showcase a new ultra clear liquid silicone rubber (LSR) grade expanded from the Ultra Clear Silopren* LSR 7000 series at the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition in China June 9-12. This next-generation Ultra Clear LSR…
Whitney new CEO of Liberty Tire Reycling
Liberty Tire Recycling has named Scott W. Whitney as its new CEO, effective June 1. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Whitney most recently served as CEO of Greenwood Fuels, a renewable energy company. Before that,…
Evonik’s plans for new production plant
Evonik Industries has started basic engineering for a new production plant for precipitated silica with focus on the rubber and especially the growing tire industry. The world-scale facility is planned to be built in the South East of the United…