Perched on a cup of cappuccino or a glass of beer, foam can be pleasing. But in a manufacturing process, foam can cause vessels to overflow, increasing maintenance costs and processing time and reducing production efficiency. Hence, it is in…
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Tyre Industry: Speeding up towards sustainability
Amid environmental issues over rising carbon emissions, the rubber/tyre sector is stepping up ...
New elastomer coating
US-based NuSil Technology, a specialist in silicone materials for the aerospace, aircraft and automotive industries, has launched R-2183, a low-viscosity silicone elastomer dispersed in xylene. The elastomer is said to retain elasticity at very low temperatures (down to -140°C) as…
ContiTech updates Sustainability portal
The portal zooms in on urgent issues such as water catchment in dry regions of the world as well as optimisation of cover plates used in conveyor belts, which generate energy savings by 20%
Butadiene’s volatility explained
As demand for synthetic rubber grows has grown so has the demand for butadiene, an essential chemical used as a monomer in the production of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), poly-butadiene rubber (PBR) and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS). At this present time, the price…
Thailand approves NR price support
Thailand’s National Rubber Policy Committee has approved the purchasing of rubber at three baht above the bidding price at the central rubber market in order to boost prices. The government earlier approved a 15-billion-baht budget to intervene in the market…
Solutia, Sinorgchem, and KKPC Reach Global Settlement in Antidegradant Patent Dispute
The settlement of these long-standing disputes is a milestone for Solutia and its Santoflex antidegradant business
Trelleborg opens new agricultural tyre plant in China
Trelleborg Group inaugurated its new agricultural tyre factory in China. Located in Xingtai, Hebei province, the plant will manufacture radial and cross-ply tyres for farming, forestry and agro-industrial applications. It will serve the needs of the company’s partners by providing…
Apollo inaugurates training centre
Apollo Tyres inaugurated its first formal training centre for Heavy and Light Commercial Vehicles (CV) drivers. The training centre is located in the busy transportation hub of Ujjain City, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In partnership with…
Michelin to launch communicating tyre in Olympic games
By combining a tyre pressure monitoring system and radio frequency identification chips, the tyre maker is enabling public transport operators in London to enhance the safety of the tyres fitted on their buses
Jiangsu-Kuo NBR JV breaks ground in Nanjing
A Mexican-Chinese joint venture has broken ground on a 60 tonnes/year nitrile rubber plant in Nanjing, China. The project is a 50-50 joint venture between Grupo KUO, S.A.B. de C.V. (Kuo), and Jiangsu GPRO Group Co. Ltd. (GPRO). The project…