Bluestar Silicones expanded its elastomer capabilities in Spain adding capacity for silicone custom compounding and enhancing its manufacturing technology to strengthen its offering in Ready to Use Silcone Elastomers. The company will promote heat cured rubber (HCR) and liquid silicone…
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World demand for tyres to reach 3 bn in 2019
World demand for tires is projected to rise 4.1 percent per year to 3.0 billion units in 2019. In value terms, sales of tires are forecast to advance 7.0 percent per annum to US$258 billion. Rising incomes in developing regions…
TraffiGlove & DSM Dyneema to unveil new safety glove range
TraffiGlove UK, a manufacturer of personal-protection safety gloves, partnered with DSM Dyneema to develop an innovative new line of solid colored, cut-resistant gloves. This new product range, called ‘Iconic’, uses DSM’s Dyneema Diamond Technology in combination with the color-coded traffic-light…
UAE tyre demand grew over 10% between 2010 and 2014
According to TechSci Research report, “UAE Tyre Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2020”, tyre market in the UAE grew at a CAGR of more than 10% during 2010 to 2014. Growth in the market can be attributed to a number of…
Hankook Tire to be OE on 2016 Toyota Tacoma
Hankook Tire announced that they will provide the all-new 2016 Toyota Tacoma with its premium highway all-season Dynapro HT tires in the size of P245/75R16S. The Dynapro HT will be equipped 100 percent with the steel wheels standard on the…
IISRP announce online registration for general meeting
The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) launched the website for its 57th Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 11 to 2016: www.iisrp.com/agm. “The AGM website provides complete information on the meeting…
ZC Rubber opens second store in Mexico
The second new Westlake tire flagship store of ZC Rubber in Mexico opens after months of preparation. Vice president of ZC Rubber Guorong Ge attends the opening ceremony and hosts the dealer meeting with the local Westlake dealer in the…
Trinseo CFO to leave company
Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber, announced via an 8-K filing today that John A. Feenan, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has elected to leave the Company to pursue other opportunities, effective…
Trelleborg acquires Brazilian tyre manufacturer
Trelleborg Wheel Systems recently acquired Standard Tyres Group, a Brazil-based privately owned industrial tyre manufacturer. The company is the market leader in industrial tyres in Brazil and the main supplier to locally based, global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of materials…
ZC Rubber opens new subsidiary in Brazil
Chinese tyre manufacturer ZC Rubber Group Co. Ltd. announced the establishment of its Brazil Company, ZC Rubber Brazil Importation and Exportation (ZC Brazil). The new company is located in San Paulo, the largest city and the economic center of Brazil.…