Powerful sports cars, fast motorbikes and big trucks: Continental is well known as a producer of excellent tires for powerful vehicles. But cycle sport also benefits from the company’s leading-edge technology. On the road, the track, or off-road, the choice…
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Dow Corning ES-5600 Silicone Glycerol Emulsifier gains SEPAWA Innovation Award
Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, today announced that Dow Corning® ES-5600 Silicone Glycerol Emulsifier won first prize in the SEPAWA Innovation Award 2014 competition at the SEPAWA Congress in Fulda, Germany. A panel of…
Rosneft and Pirelli signs partnership agreement on synthetic rubber
Rosneft head, Igor Sechin, and Pirelli’s chairman, Marco Tronchetti Provera, signed a memorandum of understanding in the area of research and development, producing and shipping of synthetic rubber in the city of Nakhodka in the framework of the FEPCO (Far…
Thailand gov’t to dispense one-time cash handout to rubber planters
Thailand’s military-appointed government approved measures to help rubber farmers who have been hit hard by sharp declines in export prices. The decision enables the National Rubber Policy Committee to dispense a one-time cash handout worth no more than 15,000 baht…
Kraton completes HiMA technology in Russia
Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. announced the successful completion of the first road trial of highly modified asphalt (HiMA) technology in St. Petersburg, Russia, which will open to traffic in mid-2015. HiMA is an innovative SBS (styrene-butadiene-styrene) polymer technology developed specifically…
Cooper launches new all-season luxury tyre
The new Cooper Discoverer SRX is designed to provide dependable all-season highway traction, superior handling, and a quiet, comfortable ride for a wide range of CUVs and SUVs. The premium tyre features Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.’s innovative Wear Square.…
Michelin expands Tweel airless radial tyre range
The Michelin Group has added two tread patterns to its Tweel airless radial tyre. The new all-terrain design has a deep, open tread for off-road applications, and the hard surface design has greater wear life on pavement and asphalt. Michelin…
Goodyear to evaluate self-inflating tyre system on US trucking fleets
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will begin testing its self-inflating tyre system called Air Maintenance Technology (AMT) on US trucking fleets in the next few months. The tests are part of a research project supported by United States Department of…
Desma open house: a fete of rubber, silicone moulding solutions
German rubber and silicone moulding specialist, Klöckner Desma Elastomertechnik (Desma) hosted an open house event held 15-16 October in Tuttlingen with Desma’s Managing Director, Martin Schürmann, opening the event. The event, carrying the theme, “Where Champions Meet”, was attended by…
ExxonMobil Singapore to expand butyl rubber; also building world’s largest hydrocarbon resin plant
US chemical firm ExxonMobil Chemical recently held a ground breaking ceremony on the building of two new speciality polymers units at its Singapore Chemical Plant. This comes just ten months after celebrating completion of its major petrochemical expansion in Singapore…