EUROPEAN synthetic rubber maker Synthos S.A. has announced a strategic sales alliance with Ohio-based Harwick Standard Distribution Corporation to distribute Synthos styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and butadiene rubber (BR) products in the US and Canada. Synthos is Europe’s largest producer of…
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Rossini’s new Asian plant to operate in 2014
ROSSINI, an Italian manufacturers of rubber rollers, sleeves and mandrels for flexography and gravure presses, has set up a new manufacturing plant in Pune, which is expected to be operational in 2014. It is the company’s only factory in Asia.…
US sealing and AVS company forms pact with Indian Amee Rubber
MICHIGAN-based Henniges Automotive Holdings, Inc, a supplier of highly engineered sealing and anti-vibration systems (AVS) has formed a strategic alliance with Mumbai-headquartered Amee Rubber Industries Pvt Ltd, a producer of sealing systems and moulded rubber parts for automobiles. The said…
ZF concludes sale of rubber and plastics business unit to TMT of China
HAVING made known its intentions to sell its rubber and plastics unit earlier this year (SEE: http://www.injectionmouldingasia.com/aug2013/news9.html), Germany’s third largest automotive components supplier ZF Friedrichshafen has formalised the sale with Shanghai-listed Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology (TMT). The rubber and…
Malaysian JV to build green rubber facility
GREEN Rubber Asean, a JV between Malaysia-based global developer of green technologies Green Rubber Global Ltd and ACB Rubber Pte Ltd will be set up to undertake research, development and production of green rubber compound and its derivatives across the…
Trelleborg inaugurates extension of Skelmersdale plant
TRELLEBORG recently hosted an opening ceremony for the 4,150 sq m extension to its in Skelmersdale, England manufacturing facility that produces polymer and syntactic foam-based solutions for the offshore oil and gas industry. Trelleborg says it expects to increase its…
Continental bolsters Czech tyre plant
TYRE maker Continental plans to expand its truck and bus tyre production facilities in Otrokovice, Czech Republic with an investment of EUR165 million. “The expansion of our truck and bus tyre manufacturing footprint in Otrokovice is a strategic step focusing…
QP, Zeon and Mitsui venturing on butadiene extraction
QATAR Petroleum (QP) and Zeon Corporation and Mitsui & Company, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of an integrated butadiene extraction and elastomer complex in Ras Laffan. MoU signing, which took place in Doha, was led by…
Pirelli, Rosneft and Rostec collaborate for R&D on tyre materials
RUSSIAN firms, Rosneft and Rostec (Russian Technologies), and Italian firm Pirelli signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a joint R&D on materials to be used in the manufacturing of tyres. The signatory companies were represented by Igor Sechin, President…
World’s 9th largest tyre maker to build new plant in Indonesia
TAIWAN’s Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co, the world’s ninth largest tyre firm is setting up a factory on a 27-hectare site in Indonesia, and in so doing is reported to be increasing its investment from US$80.1 million to US$320 million,…