Celebrating 133 years of service to the world-wide rubber industry
TyreClub+, Pirelli’s B2B tire sales platform that was launched 10 years ago, has been entirely revised. Now this working tool is even easier and more efficient to use, offering tire dealers a better digital experience. Plenty of new functionality has been introduced, including real time monitoring of deliveries, more straightforward order management, access to data and statistics, and all the latest news from the world of Pirelli.
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Robot operating system, sometimes known as ROS, is a collection of open-source robotics middleware. However, it is not an operating system (OS); ROS is a collection of software frameworks for the creation of robot software. As such, it offers services such as hardware abstraction, low-level device control, the implementation of frequently used functionality, message-passing between processes, and package management that are intended for a heterogeneous computer cluster. In other words, ROS is a set of programming tools and code that assist projectors in running the computer code necessary to perform the action, as well as the infrastructure for doing so, such as messages travelling across processes
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Teijin Frontier has developed an ultra-fine polyester staple fiber (Nanofront™ staple fiber) as an effective rubber reinforcement.
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WACKER will be presenting two new silicone resin binders at the next European Coatings Show (ECS): SILRES® M 51 E and SILRES® IC 900. Both products are suitable for manufacturing industrial coatings that can withstand high temperatures. While SILRES® M 51 E has been designed for formulating water-based coatings, SILRES® IC 900 is a methyl phenyl silicone resin for thick-film and high-solids coatings that remain stable at high temperatures. Both binders can be processed to make coatings that, after baking, adhere well to metallic materials such as steel or aluminum and can withstand temperatures of up to 600 degrees Celsius given suitable pigmentation. ECS 2023 will be held in Nuremberg, Germany, March 28 – 30.
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For the quarter ended December 31, 2022 Apollo Tyres Ltd, on a consolidated level, registered a revenue of Rs 6423 crores, an increase of 13% over the same period last fiscal. For the nine months of the fiscal (April – December), the company’s revenue closed at Rs 18,321 crores, an increase of 19% over the same period last fiscal. While Indian Operations saw a 21% growth in revenue from operations in the 9 months of this fiscal, European Operations also grew in double digits in the first 9 months.
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On Thursday, February 23, 2023, from 2:00 – 3:00 PM (ET) RDAbbott will host a free webinar titled “Sustainable Keltan® EPDM from ARLANXEO.”
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HEXPOL Compounding Americas (HCA) under the leadership of President and CEO, Gary Moore, has announced key changes to its Executive Leadership Team.
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Elkem has decided to partially curtail its production at Bremanger in Norway by temporarily shutting down one furnace. This is due to lower silicon sales and high power prices. The decision will have no impact on customers or employees.
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WOMEN OF OUR INDUSTRY: Join the Rubber Division for their WORD Conversations event on March 29th 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. ET with featured guest Krista Toutant. This WORD Conversation begins with open networking for approximately 10 minutes followed by a conversation between our featured guest, Krista Toutant, the current Chair-elect, and Terry DeLapa, the Rubber Division’s 1st ever woman Chair.
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Elkem has decided to invest around NOK 200 million to increase its production capacity in Brazil for pitch, a raw material for electrode paste to industrial smelters.
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