TPC Group and Honeywell’s UOP have entered into an agreement for UOP to be the exclusive licensor of the proprietary TPC Group OXO-D technology used to produce on-purpose butadiene, a key ingredient for making synthetic rubber. The two companies will…
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Starco reveals FLT tyre range at Reifen 2014
It has been interesting to watch Starco’s progression as a company through its presence at the last few Reifen shows. The Starco stands at each exhibition have reflected the Danish company’s expansion from a small tyre specialist through to an…
Continental ordered to halt plans to retrench workers
Continental Tyres was on Thursday ordered to halt plans to retrench workers at its Port Elizabeth base. This after the Labour Court ruled in favour of trade union Solidarity, which took the tyre manufacturer to court after it planned to…
Goodyear launches mixed-service tyres
The mixed-service tyres — G731 MSA and G751 MSA — are available for construction, dump, cement mixers and other mixed-service fleets that need help on challenging surfaces. The tyres will use Goodyear’s DuraSeal Technology, a gel-like rubber compound built that…
Top Glove anticipates China operation to change course in Q4
Top Glove Corp Bhd, which saw third quarter net profit grow 5.2%, is confident its operations in China will turn around in the fourth quarter following its move to consolidate operations there, said its chairman Tan Sri Lim Wee Chai.…
Continental launches new tyre range for high service life
67 percent of road freight transport in the EU is national, and regional freight traffic is booming. Changing consumer behavior and strong growth in the mail-order industry have made this transport segment the largest goods handling sector in Europe. Trucks…
Falken tyre phasing out Ohtsu brand name
Falken Tire Corp. is phasing out the use of the Ohtsu brand name for commercial tyres, while at the same time re-introducing it to the market as an associate brand line in passenger and light truck tyres. Falken, a unit…
Lanxess starts up new rubber line in Dormagen; capacity up by 10%
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has completed the expansion of its Baypren polychloroprene solid rubber production operations in Dormagen. Werner Breuers, member of the Board of Management, and Jan Paul de Vries, head of High Performance Elastomers business unit, officially inaugurated…
Malaysian rubber tappers may expect regulated prices under new mechanism
Rubber estate smallholders and rubber tappers may expect better returns for the commodity soon under a new price mechanism set to be implemented by the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB). The board will issue a daily price reference for rubber sold…
Blair Rubber to double the size of Seville plant
A ceremonial groundbreaking was held Monday for a 50,000-square-foot addition to the Blair Rubber Co. that will nearly double the size of the plant by next spring. Blair Rubber manufactures corrosion-resistant rubber linings for tanks and other containment vessels used…