Rogers Corporation is expanding the portfolio of its Elastomeric Material Solutions business (EMS)in cellular sponge and specialty extruded silicone profile technologies with the acquisition of Diversified Silicone Products, Inc. (DSP), a custom silicone product development and manufacturing business serving a…
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Evonik’s silica/silane combo in green tyres cuts emissions, fuel consumption
Green tyres with S-SBR rubber grades and Evonik’s silica/silane combination technology have proven to have significantly lower rolling resistance, resulting in a reduction in fuel consumption by 5% and thus lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions compared to conventional tyres made…
SK Capital to sell Archroma; Synthomer, Advent and Apollo Global contenders
SK Capital Partners, a US-based private investment firm, is planning to divest Swiss business Archroma, which it acquired from Swiss chemicals firm Clariant in 2013, according to Reuters. Archroma was formed in 2013 from the textile chemicals, paper specialities, and…
Materials: Evonik’s new coating lab in Turkey; Arlanxeo strengthens EPDM position with new quality control lab in Netherlands
chemicals firm Evonik has opened a new Coating Additives laboratory at its Tuzla (Istanbul), which includes a customer service centre to support customers with the development of surface coatings in Turkey and throughout the Middle East. The application technology laboratory…
Global tyre chemicals market to go over 42.58 mn tonnes by 2025
The global tyre chemicals market is expected to grow at a moderate pace, surpassing 42.58 million tonnes by the year 2025, according to a new report by Research and Markets titled “Global Tire Chemicals Market By Type (Natural Rubber, Synthetic…
GREL to build second rubber factory in Ghana’s Western Region
The Ghana Rubber Estate Limited (GREL), the largest industrial rubber plantation in Ghana, will be constructing a second rubber factory in the Western Region of the country. The factory, estimated at EUR50 million, will create 3,000 jobs when the first…
Cimcorp to install Dream Factory in Giti Tire’s US tyre manufacturing facility
Cimcorp will supply and install its Dream Factory, a fully automated handling solution for tyre manufacturing and distribution, in the new tyre manufacturing facility owned by Singapore-based global tyre company Giti Tire. Cimcorp Group, a part of Murata Machinery, Ltd.…
Preferred Compounding adds elastomer compounding machinery in Mexico
Custom rubber compounder Preferred Compounding is bringing online a 75-litre tilt mixer dedicated to specialty elastomers in its production facility in Mexico to meet the demands for FKM, HNBR, ECO and other high performance elastomer (HPE) compounds. The first of…
Yokohama, Michelin set to increase tyre prices
Yokohama Tire Corp. and Michelin North America are set to raise tyre prices due to the recent hike in the cost of raw materials. Yokohama will increase prices on all of its tyres sold in the US, including all consumer,…
Thai rubber exporters confident in meeting demands despite floods
Exporters of rubber in Thailand say they can still meet export demands despite the recent huge floods that have adversely affected growers in the region as they have enough rubber in stockpiles. Global rubber prices soared to five-year highs on…