LONG associated with feeding bottle nipples and breast implants, silicone rubber is forecast to be the next billion dollar industry to tap the changing yet highly lucrative prospects in the medical and healthcare sectors A steady pipeline of innovative materials…
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New website for European fleets
Goodyear Dunlop has launched a website dedicated to providing fleets with information to reduce their costs and improve their carbon footprint.
Apollo’s tyre awards recognise Indian fleet operators
The two top winners and other awardees were selected from more than 5,140 entries received from fleet operators across India.
German rubber chemical facility opens in India
The relocation is due to good infrastructure and opportunities for future expansion offered by the large Lanxess site at Jhagadia and its proximity to key customers.
Lanxess to build plant in Russia
The EUR5 million plant will start up in 2013 and in 2016, a production facility for bladders used in tyre production will be added.
Metal housing supplier bought by ElringKlinger
Hug is being further developed for exhaust treatment technology and filter substrates within ElringKlinger to serve primarily as a R&D site.
Trelleborg divests French auto unit
The transaction is expected to be finalised in the first quarter of 2012.
AfriRen obtains finance for Ghanaian rubber biomass
The site is being developed by its Takoradi Renewable Energy subsidiary as part of an US$8 million investment by AfriRen in biomass production in the West African nation.
Baosteel starting up wire rod facility
CHINESE steel wire maker Jiangsu Baosteel is marking its entry into the high-grade wire rod product field with the set up of precision steel wire facility in Jiangsu Haimen Haibao Industrial Park. The project will be constructed in two phases…
Orion builds carbon black plant in South Korea
US-based Orion Engineered Carbons will construct a fifth production unit for tread blacks at its plant in Yeosu, South Korea. The additional unit will increase the plant’s annual output by 36 tonnes to a total of 188 tonnes. The project…