AIRBOSS of America Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire all the shares of Flexible Products Co., a privately-owned US company, which supplies innovative and cost-effective anti-vibration solutions to the North American automotive market. Robert Hagerman, President and CEO…
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Bridgestone Europe NV/SA implements the conversion of its passenger car tyre plant in Bari, Italy. The closure of Bari plant, which is fully owned by Bridgestone Italia S.p.A., had been announced in early March. But with the conversion plan, the…
Ansell acquires Korean glove maker
AUSTRALIA-headquartered glove and safety protection products manufacturer Ansell Limited, is fully acquiring Korean industrial gloves company, Midas. The Janggye, South Korean-based privately held company, founded in 1998, has posted current sales of approximately US$30 million yearly. Midas, which manufactures and…
Green tyres made easier with Lanxess’s new rubbers
LOW ROLLING resistance tyres make for lesser carbon emissions on the roads. Lanxess, Germany’s synthetic rubber producer and world’s largest manufacturer of NdPBR (neodymium polybutadiene), has made the processing of such energy-efficient tyres even easier with its newly launched NdPBR…
US government shutdown weighs down on rubber
Several US government agencies have shutdown after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on the fiscal year budget. The deadlock, experts speculate, could weaken the demand for the commodity.
Acme Protection offers non-latex condoms ala “credit card”
ACME Protection Corp has launched the Unique brand of non-latex condoms packaged like a credit card for easy carriage. Unique is the first condom made from Health Canada-approved polyethylene resin material. The Unique condom is thinner and stronger compares to…
Yokohama breaks ground for new Mississippi truck tyre plant
THE NEWLY-formed Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi (YTMM), which is a manufacturing subsidiary of Yokohama Tire Corporation, officially broke ground on its new commercial truck tyre manufacturing plant in West Point, Mississippi. The said plant, which will be constructed on a…
Finite Fiber yields new fibre blend technology
US firm Finite Fiber, a provider of natural and synthetic cut fibres, pulps and flocks for the plastics and rubber industries, has recently introduced a patent-pending product that allows their customers to specialise and personalise unique rubber compound properties with…
Giti Tire to setup North America and Europe technical centres
SINGAPORE-based Giti Tire will set up two new Technical Centres, one in North America, which will be based in Akron, Ohio; and one in Germany, Europe. Thi development marks the company’s enhancemnet of ots research & development capabilities, with both…
EU court rejects Dow, Dupont final appeal on cartel penalty
DOW Chemical and DuPont are reportedly on the losing end of the EU fine appeal to the top court to overturn the latter’s decisions and fines in relation to the synthetic rubber price fixing. The EU Court of Justice in…