Netherlands-headquartered synthetic rubber supplier Arlanxeo says its latest thermoplastic vulcanisates (TPVs) combine its Keltan Eco EPDM, said to be the world’s first bio-based EPDM, with green fillers, plasticisers and thermoplastics, resulting in EPDM products with up to 90% sustainable ingredients.…
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Synthetic rubber market for BR/SBR to grow in Asia and in tyre sector
Butadiene rubber (BR) is the second most important rubber after styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR). BR is formed by the polymerisation of butadiene. Products made of BR offer very high resilience, good insulation properties, abrasion resistance, and remain flexible at low temperatures.…
Rubber tracks for defence/security market to reach US$144 mn
The global rubber tracks for the defence and security market is expected to follow gradual growth over a ten-year forecast period 2017-2027 and is poised for a CAGR of 3.9% over the assessment period and reach US$144.5 million by 2027, up from…
Dow introduces octylphenol-free rubber-to-metal bonding agent
Rubber-to-metal bonding is essential for automotive under-the-hood, powertrain and chassis anti-vibration applications. Part of a product family from US chemicals supplier Dow that includes Megum and other Thixon rubber-to-substrate bonding agents, are new Thixon P-11-F and P-22 primer systems that…
Achieving plastic/rubber bonding without adhesives
German machinery company LWB Steinl and chemical firm Evonik Industries say they are combining their experience to manufacture a rotation-symmetrical plastic/rubber composite part. Evonik supplies its polyamide 612 Vestamid DX9325 for adhesive-free bonding with EPDM, and LWB Steinl supplies its…
Zeon to up capacity for HNBR in Japan; focus on high-heat HNBR portfolio
Zeon Corporation, Japan, represented by the European subsidiary Zeon Europe GmbH at the on-going German rubber exhibition DKT (2-5 July 2018) says that it’s focus is on HNBR (Hydrogenated nitrile rubbers) and other elastomers. Meanwhile, Zeon says that it will…
Aditya Birla completes name change of carbon black business to Birla Carbon
India’s Aditya Birla Group, which started unifying its global carbon black business under one common umbrella known as Birla Carbon six years ago, to create an organisational structure that will attempt to cut costs and take advantage of its worldwide leadership position in the…
Cooper Standard undertakes ground breaking for new rubber facility in Mexico
US-based Cooper Standard says to localise elastomer mixing capabilities and support continued growth in Mexico, it recently celebrated the groundbreaking of its new 100,000 sq-ft mixing facility in Aguascalientes, Mexico. “The opening of our new in-house mixing facility in Mexico is an important step in…
Seals for climate-friendly switching stations from Freudenberg
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), a gas 22,800 times more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide, has been used as a quenching gas in electric substations. So operators and suppliers have been working on ways to use CO2 as a substitute.…
Tokai Carbon to acquire US carbon black manufacturer
Japan’s Tokai Carbon is to acquire Sid Richardson Carbon Ltd. (SRC) and its two affiliated companies, with the closing expected by early September 2018. The acquisition price of 34 billion yen will be funded by loans, said Tokai. Tokai says…