Unimatec Chemicals, which is recognised for its Noxtite brand of FKM, ACM and HT-ACM polymers (high performance rubber polymers) and Cheminox curatives, is expanding in North America with the formation of Unimatec Chemicals America Inc. It anticipates enhanced customer service…
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Tyre maker doubles capacity in Andra Pradesh plant
INDIA’s top tyre maker MRF, an enterprise that started as a toy balloon maker in 1946 in South India, is investing Rs 1,000 crore to double its capacity at a facility located in Andhra Pradesh, A state under bifurcation, near…
Chemtura’s US$40 million expansion in Germany nears completion
Specility chemicals company Chemtura Organometallics GmbH, a subsidiary of US-based Chemtura Corp, is expecting to complete the final phase by year end its US$40 million project in Bergkamen, in west-central Germany, Chemstura says that the move will greatly boost the…
Vernay, Quantex form partnership to develop disposable pump
US-BASED elastomeric flow control provider, Vernay, has partnered Quantex, a pump technology licensing company that has developed an innovative disposable pump system. Vernay will be marketing this technology. Quantex CEO Paul Pankhurst said that the partnership with Vernay will enable…
Tokai’s new auto anti-vibration rubber factory in India to start in November
JAPAN-headquartered Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd has completed construction of the new automotive anti-vibration rubber factory in India Rajasthan Neem rana Industrial Park Phase, about 120km southwest of the centre of Dehli. The 1.3 billion yen-worth facility becomes the second production…
LG Chem’s 3rd Quarter net down 23.3% on rubber sector
LG Chem Ltd., the world’s leading lithium-ion battery maker, said its net profit fell 23.3% in the third quarter of this year from a year ago on sluggish performance in the rubber sector. Net profit came to 352 billion won…
REP joins rubber devulcanisation sector
France-headquartered rubber injection and compression moulding machine maker purchased the devulcanization centre Watson Brown HSM Berlin along with the patented HSM devulcanisation technology on an exclusive rights basis to expand its capabilities, according to Tim Graham, president of REP Corp,…
MonTech inaugurates maiden showroom in US
MONTECH Werkstoffprufmaschinen GmbH, a producer and developer of testing instruments for the caoutchouc, rubber und elastomer industries , recently opened its first US showroom located near Fort Wayne in Indiana. showroom will showcase MonTech’s line of rubber testing instruments, including…
Yokohama to build Indonesian factory for marine fenders, hoses
THE YOKOHAMA Rubber Co., Ltd says that it will build a new plant for manufacturing pneumatic marine fenders and marine hoses in Batam Island, Indonesia. The 3 billion yen plant for material mixing, moulding and vulcanisation will start operation from…
Continental Tire’s Sumter plant to kick off in 2014
CONTINENTAL Tire the Americas’s 1 million sq ft plant in a 23-acre site in Sumter will start production by the beginning of next year, after a year and a half since the ground breaking of the site. A media tour…