Further strengthening its presence in Scandinavia, Italy-based global tyre retreading leader Marangoni Grouphas partnered with one of Sweden’s leading quality retreaders, Däcknor AB, through its core business Marangoni Retreading Systems. Däcknor’s roots extend back to the year 1944 when their…
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Dow Corning widens medical-grade silicone solutions, healthcare capabilities
Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, continues to focus on driving innovation in healthcare through investments in state-of-the-art capabilities and new product technologies. Dow Corning…
Hankook Tire acquires Australia’s largest tyre retailer
South Korean tyre company Hankook Tire group will fully incorporate Australia’s largest tyre dealer, JAX Tyres, into its group after the successful its acquisition of the company from its Chairman Fred Hurrell and other shareholders. Following through the acquisition, Hankook…
Rogers expands portfolio with acquisition of Diversified Silicone Products, Inc.
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…
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.…