US-based speciality chemicals firm Orion S.A. has launched Printex chroma 500 Beads, a high-jetness (a complex function of surface area, primary particle size, and degree of dispersion) carbon black designed for the engineered plastics market that demands high aesthetic quality.…
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Engineers develop thermally conductive rubber material called “thubber”
Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineering associate professors, Carmel Majidi and Jonathan Malen, have developed a new thermally conductive rubber material, dubbed “thubber”, representing a breakthrough for creating soft, stretchable machines and electronics. The new material is an electrically insulating composite…
Lee Rubber sues Chinese tyre maker
Lee Rubber files a lawsuit against Zhaoyuan Leo Rubber for US$2 million for defaulting on shipment of 2,000 tonnes of rubber in 2008.
Goodyear tips drivers on wet-weather driving
Goodyear advice drivers on how to drive when the roads are wet.
Yokohama earns award for being eco-friendly
Japanese rubber market player Yokohama Rubber Co. has received the 3R Promotion Council Chairman’s Award for using recycled rubber powder.
Goodyear reports Q4 results
GOODYEAR Tyre & Rubber Company reported fourth quarter EPS of US$ 0.03, ex-items, versus estimates of US$ 0.20. Revenues in the quarter rose 12% year-over-year to US$ 5.68 billion, missing estimates of US$ 5.88 billion. Richard J. Kramer, chairman and…
Fuel-filled rubber balls find their way to Afghanistan
UK’s Ministry of Defence is air dropping giant bullet-proof rubber balls filled with fuel to frontline troops in Afghanistan. Known as Air Portable Fuel Containers MK 5, they are designed for delivery to more remote areas of operations. Each holds…