Category: Industry News

Marangoni expands investments in industrial tyres

Marangoni, an Italian tyre manufacturing company, holds a strong position in the industrial tyre market within Europe and shows continued growth in the international markets. This has prompted the approval of an expansion strategy for the company. The growth has…

The military sector’s innovative uses for rubber

Rubber exhibits many different properties that prove to be useful in the military. Its significant role in our defence ranges from use in fuel tanks, long-term weapon and ammunition storage and MOLLE through to anti-terrorism barriers, dracone barges and a…

Kumho Tires completes their first US facility

Kumho Tires, a South Korean tyre manufacturer that provides passenger, performance, light truck, competition and commercial tyre products, has completed their new state-of-the-art production facility in Macon, Georgia. With an annual production capacity of four million tyres, this will serve…

ChemSpec now distributes HPF products in the US

ChemSpec, Ltd., a specialty chemical distribution company, is now distributing high performance mineral fillers from the German-based HPFThe Mineral Engineersinto the American Midwest and Southeast for rubber compounding. HPF is a division of Quarzwerke Group and they have mineral production…

LSR technology providers merge as one global group

Three liquid silicone rubber (LSR) technology providers have formed a new global umbrella group, called Rico Group, to supply an expanded range of elastomer processing technology. The new entity is comprised of Austria-based Rico Elastomere Projecting GmbH, Swiss-based Silcoplast AG,…