Author: RubberWorld

KraussMaffei is consistently advancing the development of ColorForm technology and is presenting two innovations for the in-mold coating of thermoplastic components. With a newly developed multi-color mixing head, color changes can now be carried out fully automatically and directly within the production process. At the same time, together with its long-standing development partner Siegfried Hofmann GmbH, the company has succeeded in reducing the polyurethane coating thickness to just 0.1 millimeters. Both developments increase the cost-effectiveness and flexibility of the ColorForm process and open up new fields of application for high-quality visible surfaces

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Michelin announced that the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) have selected the company as the exclusive tire supplier for the Hypercar category of the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) through the end of the 2032 season.

Jarrod Hunt, founder and Managing Director of Continuous Process Solutions, has been named as a finalist in the 2026 Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards, shortlisted in the Family Business Entrepreneur of the Year category.

H.B. Fuller Company announced that, following a thorough review supported by independent financial and legal advisors, its Board of Directors has unanimously rejected Ancora’s unsolicited, non-binding proposal to acquire its Building Adhesives Solutions (“BAS”) business.

The Association for Rubber Products Manufacturers (ARPM) will host its Seals Product Design and Manufacturing Training program October 26–30, 2026, at The Training Center at Metro Plastics Technologies, LLC, in Noblesville, Indiana. The intensive, five-day course is designed for design engineers, quality engineers, sales engineers, product engineers, and process engineers who work with rubber seals throughout the product development cycle.

United Steelworkers members have ratified a new contract with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., securing a multiyear agreement covering roughly 2,600 workers at plants in Ohio, Kansas and Virginia.

Goodyear reiterated the planned closure in its Aug. 5 second-quarter earnings announcement, saying the Fayetteville facility will be closed as part of a strategy to “align its footprint with its evolving product portfolio and improve the competitiveness of its manufacturing network in the Americas.”

The company expects the action to improve Americas segment operating income by about $90 million in 2027 and approximately $270 million annually beginning in 2028, according to the earnings release.