Tyre major Bridgestone Americas plans to expand its Akron-based Americas Technology Centre campus to include a new vehicle dynamics test track for the development of future tyre technologies. To be completed next summer, the track will also supplement tyre testing operations…
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GRT Rubber acquires Valley Rubber; to benefit from crossover business
US engineered rubber products maker GRT Rubber Technologies has acquired compatriot US-based Valley Rubber, a manufacturer of custom rubber solutions for tough mining and industrial applications. The two manufacturers will join forces to share resources, end-market expertise and expand their…
Falken opens new tyre warehouse in Germany
Falken Tyre Europe has opened a new 40,000 sq-m logistics centre in Gengenbach, Germany. Falken is the largest customer of the facility run by logistics partner FIEGE, which can store 450,000 tyres. Strategically located near the German-French border to serve…
Pyrum on track with construction of ELT expansion in Germany
End-of-life tyre (ELT) recycler Pyrum Innovations has started the expansion of the production capacity of its pyrolysis plant at its headquarters in Dillingen, Germany. To date, the plant consists of one production line, which has been operating on an industrial…
Lion Elastomers to enter NBR business
US firm Lion Elastomers will be expanding the emulsion-based facility in Port Neches, Texas, US, to manufacture NBR rubber. This new undertaking will position the company to support the domestic demand and provide security of supply for nitrile rubber. Major…
Wacker acquires 60% stake in Chinese specialty silane company
Munich-based chemical company Wacker has acquired a 60% stake in specialty silane manufacturer SICO Performance Material Co., Ltd, Jining (China), a leading manufacturer of organofunctional silanes, which are a key component in high-performance adhesives, sealants, coatings, and composites. The transaction is…
Apollo Tyres to produce Vredestein tyres in India
India’s Apollo Tyres is now manufacturing its Vredestein brand of tyres in India for the superbike and premium and luxury passenger car segments. The tyre manufacturer had acquired the European brand in 2009 and launched it in India with a range of imported tyres…
MPIC eyes big data analytics for rubber, palm sectors
The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) is using big data analytics to coordinate essential data from the industries under its purview in order to maximize the country’s resources. This strategy, according to MPIC Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin, will…
Evonik/Wynca Chinese fumed silica plant goes on stream
The joint venture between Evonik and the Chinese company Wynca – Evonik Wynca (Zhenjiang) Silicon Material Co. is starting-up its new fumed silica plant. Located in the Zhenjiang New Material Industry Park in Jiangsu province, the plant is Evonik’s first…
DL Chemical to acquire Kraton for US$2.5 bn
South Korea’s DL Chemical, a subsidiary of DL Holdings Co (formerly Daelim Industrial Co), will acquire 100% of US-based Kraton Corporation, a producer of specialty polymers and bio-based products derived from pine wood pulping co-products. The all-cash transaction has an…