When it comes to winter tires, you might think they all perform similarly. But really, they're like to every other tire, in that rubber compound can change performance drastically, regardless of tread ...

A major portion—up to 15%—of the gas in a car’s tank is used to overcome the tires’ resistance to the road. So with green tires—or low rolling resistance tires—the fuel economy can increase greatly.

Hexpol Group, the world's largest rubber compounder, is getting even bigger as it has closed a deal to purchase Preferred Compounding Corp. from private equity firm Audax Group in a deal worth $232 ...

BARBERTON, Ohio—Preferred Compounding Corp. has been purchased by Audax Private Equity and members of the custom mixer's management team. Audax bought the growing business from Wingate Partners, a ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Rubber compounder Hexpol A.B. has acquired Kirkhill Rubber, a Long Beach-based custom compounder whose product portfolio includes rubber compounds for the OTR tire production and ...

WADSWORTH, OH, UNITED STATES, March 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As manufacturers increasingly search for “rubber ...

Custom rubber compounder Preferred Compounding has expanded its product portfolio and capabilities with the bolt-on acquisition of Akron compounder Valley Rubber Mixing. Terms of the deal were not ...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HEXPOL Compounding LLC (Burton Rubber Processing) was honored in the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Top Workplaces listing for the third consecutive year. Ranked number six in ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: HEXPOL has today acquired 100% of the Berwin Group Ltd from present shareholders (main shareholder Glyn Williams and his family). Berwin has more ...

NYIREGYHAZA, Hungary—Hueber Group is set to commission a new elastomer compounding plant at its facility in Nyíregyháza, in northeastern Hungary. The new plant, said Huebner in a Sept. 29 statement, ...

MR&P's new automated process analyzer automatically tests and characterizes polymers and compounds to ensure mix quality. Minnesota Rubber and Plastics (MR&P; Minneapolis) has opened a new compound ...