Pirelli presents the SCORPION XC RC and M, the first 100% Made in Italy mountain bike tires with FSC™ certified natural rubber. These products are made at Pirelli’s Milan-Bollate plant, which only uses natural rubber that is Forest Stewardship Council™ certified.
Read MoreSeaVees announces the launch of a new limited-edition sneaker collaboration with American tire company BFGoodrich Tires in honor of the sneaker brand’s 60th anniversary. The Founder’s Edition Yacht Shoe, available June 1, 2025, marks a historic reunion: the first time SeaVees and BFGoodrich have teamed up since the tire company founded the shoe brand in 1964.
Read MoreThe June 24th issue of Rubber Review is now available online. In this issue we have a conversation with
Achira Kekunadola, Chief Operating Officer BGN Industrial Tyre Pvt. Ltd., Sri Lanka
Trelleborg Group has, through its business area Trelleborg Industrial Solutions, signed an agreement and finalized the acquisition of Sico Gesellschaft für Siliconverarbeitung mbH and Czech joint venture company Sico Silicone s.r.o. Trelleborg has been a 50/50 joint venture party in Sico Silicone since 2016.
Read MoreU.S. Medical Glove Company (USMGC), the only American manufacturer of the machinery, chemicals, and materials required to produce both nitrile and polyisoprene gloves, announced the execution of a master lease for a 638,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Ohio, managed by CAI Investments LLC. This critical move marks the final phase in USMGC’s mission to build and secure a 100% American-made medical and surgical glove supply chain—free from reliance on China or any foreign supplier.
Read MoreZC Rubber has officially gone public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) under the stock code 603049. The company issued 87.45 million shares at an offering price of RMB 46.50 per share, reaching an opening market capitalization of over RMB 45 billion.
Read MoreThe global Rubber Testing Equipment Market is poised for steady expansion, with its market value expected to grow from USD 15,686.3 million in 2025 to USD 21,081.0 million by 2035, marking a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 3.0% over the forecast period. As manufacturers across industries seek advanced solutions to ensure product durability, performance, and compliance, the demand for high-precision rubber testing equipment continues to rise.
Read MoreA groundbreaking innovation from ETH Zurich is set to transform medical training and reduce reliance on animal testing. Swiss Vascular, a spin-off from the university’s Multi-Scale Robotics Lab, has developed anatomically precise silicone models of cerebral blood vessels, offering a hyper-realistic platform for practicing complex medical procedures.
Read MoreWhile studying different cross-linking structures in silicone, the research team stumbled upon the potential for electrical conductivity in a copolymer, which is a polymer chain containing two different types of repeating units—cage-structured and then linear silicones in this case.
The possibility for conductivity arises from the way electrons can move across Si—O—Si bonds with overlapping orbitals. Semiconductors have two main states: the ground state, which doesn’t conduct electricity, and a conducting state, which does. The conducting state, also known as an excited state, occurs when some electrons jump up to the next electron orbital, which is connected across the material like a metal.
Read MoreBlack Donuts Inc. has announced the launch of InTire Labs, a new independent material research center located in Tampere, Finland. The facility, officially open on July 16, 2025, is designed to accelerate the development of sustainable tire and rubber materials. It will serve as a neutral and confidential platform for research and development, supporting tire manufacturers, rubber product producers, and raw material suppliers worldwide.
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