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Wacky World of Rubber: Giant rubber duck coming to Ohio
In what its website describes as the world's biggest rubber duck, "Mama Duck" will be making an appearance at the Festival of Sail, to be held July 12-15 in Sandusky, Ohio.
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Lord's IMB process opens new areas for liquid silicone rubbers, thermoplastics
CARY, N.C.—Lord has been bonding rubber to metal and other substrates for more than six decades. But bonding liquid silicone rubber and thermoplastics to other substrates wasn't quite so simple.
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Carbon black shortfall rocks India's rubber industry
NEW DELHI—Antidumping duties, combined with increased demand and capacity constraints, are causing a shortage of carbon black for the domestic Indian market, according to the All India Rubber Industries Association.
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BKT, Kultevat collaborate on dandelion rubber development
BHUJ, India—India's Balkrishna Industries (BKT) has begun working with U.S. biotechnology company Kultevat to develop processing methods that would lead to the use of dandelion-based latex in rubber compounds that could be used in making tires.
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NuSil continues to benefit from Avantor deal
ANAHEIM, Calif.—NuSil Technologies continues to benefit from its recent merger with Avantor Performance Materials.
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Column: Reporter's view on manufacturing
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Raw material cost hikes cause Superior Tire to raise prices
Apr 25, 2018WARREN, Pa.—Superior Tire & Rubber plans to raise prices across all business segments by 6-12 percent effective May 14.
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Engel invests $13 million in Wintec expansion in China
Apr 25, 2018SHANGHAI—Injection molding machine heavyweight Engel Austria is expanding capacity for its Changzhou, China-based Wintec subsidiary.
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BMW creating additive manufacturing campus
Apr 25, 2018MUNICH—BMW will invest more than $12.2 million in a new additive manufacturing campus, in Oberschleissheim, Germany.
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Orion to increase prices for rubber blacks in North America
Apr 25, 2018KINGWOOD, Texas—Orion Engineered Carbons is increasing prices for its rubber carbon black materials in North America effective June 1.
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Goodyear earnings fall as raw materials costs rise
Apr 25, 2018AKRON—Goodyear's net income plummeted 54.8 percent to $75 million despite a 3.5 percent increase in net sales of $3.83 billion in the first quarter, ended March 31, compared with the year-ago period.
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Currency exchange rates impact Michelin's first quarter
Apr 25, 2018PARIS—Weighed down by an unfavorable currency exchange swing in the past several months, Michelin reported a 6.3 percent drop in sales revenue for the three months ended March 31.
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New Products: Ametek expands Chatillon force-testing line
Apr 24, 2018HORSHAM, Pa.—Ametek Sensor, Test and Calibration has released new Chatillon-brand force-testing machines it says are ideal for testing a range of materials, including medical devices, automotive, electronics, rubber and pharmaceuticals.
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Goodyear ending supply ties to American Tire Distributors
Apr 24, 2018CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Goodyear is ending its direct supply relationship with American Tire Distributors, prompting ATD to pursue "innovative initiatives" to be unveiled later that will demonstrate the wholesaler's commitment to its customers.
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Goodyear unveils sustainable natural rubber procurement policy
Apr 24, 2018AKRON—Goodyear has rolled out a new natural rubber procurement policy that it said will help address problems with deforestation, land grabbing and abridgment of human rights in countries where NR is grown.
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