Chinese rubber machinery supplier Mesnac Co. Ltd. has acquired Fushun Yikesi New Material Co. Ltd., a Fushun City-based producer of synthetic rubber and resin products. Financial details were not disclosed. Mesnac said the acquisition marks a significant diversification into the…
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QDRPM partners with German rubber machinery maker
Qingdao Doublestar Rubber and Plastics Machinery Co. Ltd. (QDRPM), a fully-owned subsidiary of rubber tire and machinery maker Qingdao Doublestar, has signed a contract to partner with Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH (HF). Under terms of the 10-year contract, HF will license…
BKT reports double-digit growth in sales
Agricultural tyre specialist Balkrishna Industries Ltd. reported double-digit growth in sales and earnings for the quarter ended June 30, the company’s fiscal 2015 first quarter. Pre-tax operating income jumped 22.8 percent to $40.2 million on 17.8-percent higher sales of $161.8…
Chinese synthetic rubber regarded for over one-third of the global utilization
Since the 21st century, automobile industry and tire industry have developed rapidly in China, which promotes the demand for rubber in return. In 2012, the output volume of automobiles reached 19.27 million units and that of radial tires totaled 460…
Michelin adds new tyre to SprayBib range
Michelin North America Inc. is adding a 50-inch tyre to its SprayBib line. The new MichelinVF420/95R50 177D SprayBib is designed to support larger spraying equipment. The company says the new tyre will share all the qualities of the current 46-inch…
Bee’ah tyre recycling facility uses eco-friendly cryogenic process
Bee’ah of Sharjah now uses a high-tech Tyre Recycling Facility — the first of its kind in the region — which uses an eco-friendly cryogenic process to recycle about 3 million used tyres a year and convert them into crumb…
Sumitomo Rubber reveals new premium runflat tyre
Sumitomo Rubber Industries is pleased to announce that, starting this July, we have begun selling our new “AZENIS FK453 RUNFLAT” premium runflat tyres*1 in Europe. These new tyres are made using our groundbreaking “NEO-T01” next-generation manufacturing process, developed in pursuit…
Fujipoly announces increase in Sarcon product range
Fujipoly’s announces the expansion of its Sarcon® XR-Pe product offering with the availability of a 1.0 mm thick sheet. Sarcon® XR-Pe delivers a remarkable thermal conductivity of 11 W/m°K (ASTM D 5470) with a thermal resistance as low as .06°Cin2/W.…
Elastocon added two weighted HD grades to TPE 8055 Series
Elastocon TPE Technologies, Inc., a strong contender in the thermoplastic elastomer marketplace with more than 5 complete lines of specialty TPEs for numerous applications, announces it has added two weighted HD (high density) grades to its rubber-like 8055 Series of…
Lanxess develops DIY stickers using Levamelt synthetic rubber
Print out your best vacation snaps, stick them on the cupboard – and then peel them off again without a trace after your next trip… It really works! Using the new self-adhesive Tacklite Stick&Go 4.0 photo-print media from Nopar International…