Rubber News

Established in 1971, Rubber News focuses on serving manufacturers in the rubber industry. Its primary audience includes those involved in making tires and inner tubes, rubber and plastic shoes, reclaimed rubber, hoses and belts made from rubber and plastic, custom rubber products, rubber adhesives, as well as wire and cable items.

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A century of success: Smithers evolves alongside industry, grows around innovation

4 days ago | rubbernews.com | Andrew Schunk

AKRON—The histories of the tire industry and Smithers are inextricably linked, all-American stories born of persistence, innovation, resilience and an unwavering commitment to scientific research. Since its founding by Vernon Smithers in a three-car garage on Sweitzer Avenue in Akron in April 1925, the 1,000-employee, global testing, consulting and compliance firm continues to evolve around the tire space—and many other industries—as it celebrates 100 years.
U.S. medical suppliers flex for reshoring demand in post-COVID market

4 days ago | rubbernews.com | Sarah Kominek

NEW YORK—The COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in the United States' medical and protective product supply chain as hospitals scrambled to purchase critical equipment to treat patients and prevent the spread of the virus. That realization prompted U.S.-based suppliers to enter those markets and provide essential items for the health care industry.
Goodyear samples Dr. Dre in new ad, launches marketing rebrand

1 week ago | rubbernews.com | Don Detore

AKRON—So just how do you begin to make a 127-year-old more hip, more youthful, more, shall we say, relevant? Well, for one, you summon a doctor. Or more specifically, Andre Romell Young—better known as Dr. Dre—the American rapper, record producer, record executive entrepreneur and actor.
Bruce Besancon retires with wealth of OTR experience

1 week ago | rubbernews.com | Kathy McCarron

Bruce Besancon, the recently retired vice president of marketing at Yokohama Off-Highway Tires America Inc., was always a reliable source for observations on trends in the OTR tire sector. After all, he spent 35 years in the industry, working with major tire companies, mining sites, earthmover operations and farmers. He spent the first seven years of his career in the aviation industry before joining Michelin North America Inc. in 1990, launching a 35-year career in the OTR tire industry.
Wacker, International Carbon Black Association lead way in carbon footprint data

1 week ago | rubbernews.com | Andrew Schunk

MUNICH—Determining a rubber product's carbon footprint from cradle-to-gate has been a holy grail of sorts for upstream raw material suppliers and their customers alike. Terms like carbon calculator, product carbon footprint and life cycle assessment are top-of-mind today for companies like Wacker Chemie A.G., as well as international non-profits like the International Carbon Black Association—which just released an industry average PCF for CB.
U.S. tire imports plateaued in first quarter

1 week ago | rubbernews.com | David Manley

WASHINGTON—Tire imports to the U.S. for the most part plateaued in the first quarter, with only shipments of light truck tires from offshore registering a noticeable increase. Thailand remained the largest source of tires in the three largest categories—passenger, light truck and medium truck/bus tires—while Cambodia continues to increase shipments exponentially and Serbia and Pakistan show up for the first time.
ContiTech invests $34 million belting expansion in Brazil

1 week ago | rubbernews.com | Andrew Schunk

PONTA GROSSA, Parana, Brazil—South America is a mecca for the mining industry, and ContiTech is capitalizing in Southern Brazil with a $34 million expansion at a heavy duty belting facility. The group sector of Continental A.G. officially opened the 75,000-sq.-ft. expansion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, branded ContiTech's "Total Conveyance Event," May 15. The two-day event welcomed approximately 100 guests, including customers, industry professionals and local leaders.
Wacker: 'In China, for China' with silicone capacity expansions

1 week ago | rubbernews.com | Andrew Schunk

ZHANGJIAGANG, China—Wacker Chemie A.G. and its growing silicones division are not shying away from China—or the entirety of the Asia-Pacific region, for that matter. In fact, the Munich-based chemical giant is embracing the largest economy in the world, commissioning a new, "low three-digit millions of dollar" expansion May 21 at the western port city of Zhangjiagang for production of silicone fluids, emulsions and elastomer gels.
How a golf ball's chemical composition can be a stroke of genius

2 weeks ago | rubbernews.com | Steven Pacitti

Put three different golf balls in my hand and chances are that you’ll end up with the same result. But while they would invariably end up either in the nearest lake or buried in a sand bunker, for players with a modicum of talent, the first question would, of course, be: What are the balls made from? After all, there is a lot of science behind a golf ball.
House bill for retreaded tire tax credit reintroduced

2 weeks ago | rubbernews.com | Kathy McCarron

WASHINGTON—A couple of U.S. House representatives are retreading legislation to promoting retreading. U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood, R-Ill., and Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, introduced H.R. 3401 that proposes tax credits for fleet purchasers of American-made retreaded commercial tires. Last session Sykes and LaHood submitted similar legislation (H.R. 8578), along with a Senate version introduced by then Ohio Sen.