White Cross Rubber Products Ltd, UK’s specialist manufacturer of rubber sheeting, reinforced rubber sheeting and rubber coated textiles, made an infographic to illustrate how far the concept of ‘rubber cars’ has come in the past six years. The company was…
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Accella Performance Materials renames business units
Accella Performance Materials, a manufacturer of polyurethanes and recycled rubber products renamed several core businesses to Accella Polyurethane Systems including, IPS Polymer Systems, MarChem, Arnco Performance Polymers, Premium Spray Products, Burtin Polymer Laboratories. Its ArncoPathway and Zeus Tire Fill businesses…
Trelleborg constructs Sealing Innovation Center
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions signed a contract for a new building in Stuttgart, Germany that will house the business area’s global headquarters, its German headquarters and various global support departments, as well as a significantly extended R&D area. This substantial investment…
Israel tyre market is projected to surpass US$589 mn by 2020
According to a new report by Research and Markets, Israel’s tyre market is projected to surpass US$ 589 million by 2020. Passenger car tyre and light commercial vehicle tyre segments cumulatively captured a market share of more than 80% in…
Cooper Standard opens new facilities in China
Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. officially opened two facilities in China: one in the Huai’an, Jiangsu province and the other in Chongqing. The Chongqing facility, officially opened on February 1, is approximately 18,000-square-meters and employs 200 people. The facility will manufacture fluid…
VMI launches the new truck tyre builder
Dutch tyre maker VMI launches its new truck tyre building machine, Milexx, at the Tire Technology Expo 2016. Milexx is the product of the three-year development project including comprehensive field testing. The machine can produce close to 700 tyres per…
The Offshore Group welcomes rubber client in Mexico
Business assistance company Offshore Group is opening an office in Queretaro, Mexico to accommodate its two newest clients as well as future expansion plans. “Our expansion into Queretaro will allow us to offer our services in an area that aligns…
Yokohama earns fourth award from Caterpillar
For the fourth consecutive year, Yokohama Tire Corporation has earned Caterpillar’s premier supplier award: the Platinum Level Recertification in its Supplier Quality Excellence Process (SQEP). The award went to Yokohama’s off-the-road (OTR) factory in Onomichi, Japan. According to Caterpillar, its…
Specialty silica demand in the US to exceed US$2 bn in 2019
Demand for specialty silicas in the US is forecast to rise 4.7 percent per year to US$2.1 billion in 2019. Gains are expected to approach their longer-term growth rate, as they moderate from the post-recession growth of the 2009-2014 recovery…
Rema Tip Top expands in Norway
Rema Tip Top expands its corporate group through the acquisition of Flexpro AS, one of Norway’s leading companies for the conveyor systems maintenance and plant component trading. Flexpro AS has formed part of the Rema Tip Top corporate group since…