Category: Industry News

Volkswagen to launch budget car family in 2018

Germany’s Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) plans to launch a family of low cost budget cars in China and possibly elsewhere starting in 2018, its chief executive said in a newspaper interview on Sunday. “We will bring a budget-car family to market in…

Comparable results guaranteed

Benecke-Kaliko is also able to provide optimal support to Asian customers in measuring emissions in automotive interiors. To ensure this, the surface specialist tasked its labs with analyzing the bag measuring method commonly used in Asia and examining the factors…

Greener than green

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has looked into how the CO2 footprint can be further reduced during the processing of “green” rubber. Anyone wishing to develop “ green” rubber articles can already turn to the Keltan Eco EPDM rubber from Lanxess…

Trinseo, DuPont, Lanxess introduce new products at IRC 2015

At the recent German Rubber Conference DKT 2015/International Rubber Conference 2015, Switzerland-headquartered rubber/plastics materials company Trinseo was awarded the DKG Product Award 2015 for its multi-functionalised oil-extended solution styrene butadiene rubber (S-SBR). It was presented by the German Rubber Society…

New products in the rubber industry

Solvay S.A. has unveiled Efficium, a highly dispersible silica and a reinforcing filler that allows for higher productivity and greater flexibility in producing green passenger car and truck tire compounds, the company said. Efficium offers benefits for the automotive industry,…

Demand for new tyres in the Gulf on the rise

Tyre shops are expecting brisk business this time of the year as more customers replace old tyres, which is a common practice during the summer season. Ali Akbar, manager of Al-Saad Trading along Salwa Road, said his store has experienced…