Smithers Rapra, a world leading rubber and plastics consultancy based in Akron, Ohio in the US, is expanding its Smithers Winter Test Center in Michigan, adding 130 acres and new buildings to the existing 750-acre facility. The larger and improved…
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Continental, Kordsa to develop adhesion system for textile reinforcement
Technology company Continental’s tyre division is teaming up with Kordsa, a leading international supplier of textile reinforcing materials for the tyre industry, to develop a new, sustainable adhesion system standard for bonding textile reinforcing materials to rubber based compounds. In…
BKT to build new carbon black plant in India
India-based tyre maker Balkrishna Industries Limited (BKT) will build a new plant for the production of carbon black. This facility will stretch over approximately 8 ha within the BKT production site at Bhuj, in the Indian state of Gujarat. The…
Trelleborg invests in new sealing solutions facility in Denmark
Trelleborg will be investing in a new state-of-the-art sealing solutions production facility in Denmark through its Trelleborg Sealing Solutions business area. The company will be relocating its current manufacturing facility in the new one in Denmark. The move is intended…
India’s rubber articles exports to grow 10% due to rising US, EU demand
India’s export of rubber articles is expected to grow by more than 10% in the current financial year due to a sharp increase in demand from the US and the European Union (EU). Over 6,000 units involved in the business…
Indorama Ventures acquires textile producer DuraFiber Technologies
Global chemical producer Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) is further strengthening its automotive segment through its successful acquisition of DuraFiber Technologies México Operations, S. A. DE C. V. (DFT), a leading Mexican producer of durable technical textiles for industrial,…
Tennessee, US approves US$28 mn grant for Nokian Tyres Dayton factory
Government officials in the state of Tennessee in the US have proved their commitment to Finnish tyre manufacturer Nokian Tyres with the approval of a US$28.42 million state infrastructure grant in support of the company’s US$360 million planned Dayton tyre…
Harvard researchers develop tough, self-healing rubber
A new kind of rubber that can repair itself but is also as tough as natural rubber has been developed by researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). The researchers at SEAS are…
ITRC to meet in Thailand to discuss price drops, export curbs
The International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC), made up of the world’s top producers of natural rubber Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, will meet in September in Thailand to discuss the recent decline in rubber prices and possible export curbs that could…
Bridgestone to invest over US$300 mn for two plant expansions in India
Multinational auto and truck parts manufacturer Bridgestone Corporation, through its subsidiary Bridgestone India Pvt. Ltd., is investing US$304.3 million for the expansion of two of its tyre plants in India. The investments for both the Pune (Chakan) and Indore (Kheda)…