A major portion—up to 15%—of the gas in a car’s tank is used to overcome the tires’ resistance to the road. So with green tires—or low rolling resistance tires—the fuel economy can increase greatly.

SHANGHAI — The developers of the "Liquid Gold" rubber-mixing technology used by Qingdao Sailun Group Co. Ltd. for its advanced tire lines have formed a partnership with synthetic rubber supplier ...

Tyres are the only part of a modern single seater that actually touches the racetrack, which means every lap is essentially a very fast chemistry experiment with a scoreboard. The rubber compound ...

Hexpol Group, the world's largest rubber compounder, is getting even bigger as it has closed a deal to purchase Preferred Compounding Corp. from private equity firm Audax Group in a deal worth $232 ...

Custom rubber compounder Preferred Compounding has expanded its product portfolio and capabilities with the bolt-on acquisition of Akron compounder Valley Rubber Mixing. Terms of the deal were not ...

MAASTRICHT, Netherlands—Arlanxeo, a global manufacturer of synthetic elastomers, developed a rubber compound that can be used in the future to seal tires. The solution for so-called self-sealing tires ...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. & CANTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Origin Materials, Inc. (“Origin” or “Origin Materials”) (NASDAQ: ORGN, ORGNW), the world’s leading carbon negative materials company with a ...

NYIREGYHAZA, Hungary—Hueber Group is set to commission a new elastomer compounding plant at its facility in Nyíregyháza, in northeastern Hungary. The new plant, said Huebner in a Sept. 29 statement, ...

MR&P's new automated process analyzer automatically tests and characterizes polymers and compounds to ensure mix quality. Minnesota Rubber and Plastics (MR&P; Minneapolis) has opened a new compound ...

Trelleborg released a whitepaper, webinar, short film and specification tool that highlight and explain the importance of understanding rubber compound composition when selecting marine fender systems ...

Downey-based Kirkhill Manufacturing Co., makers of rubber compounds used by the aerospace, medical and automotive industries has been acquired by Swedish competitor, Hexpol, for $49 million. Kirkhill, ...