As e-commerce grows, companies seek best ways to get products to customers

INDIANAPOLIS—The Association for Rubber Products Manufacturers released its 2019 Wage and Salary Report.

ELYRIA, Ohio—The Addipel business unit of Maroon Group has relocated to a new site in Elyria

WILMINGTON, Del.—Employees at Chemours celebrated International Volunteers Day Dec. 5 with service projects and events throughout the world.

BEIJING—Firestone Industrial Products is looking to ease the pressure, quite literally, on commercial vehicles in China.

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio—Steelastic has named Jim Vogel president of the company.

Conveyor belts are commonly used for transporting a wide variety of materials. However, market drivers are progressively demanding larger size, higher strength and total length up to several kilometers, to increase transport volume and enhance
transport efficiency.

WATERLOO, Ontario—Tom Corr has joined rubber devulcanization company Tyromer as board chair.

ALLENTOWN, Pa.—Brenntag North America has opened a new Coatings and Construction Technology and Innovation Center in Allentown, saying the operation gives its customers in the U.S. and Canada access to more inventive solutions.

HACKENSACK, N.J.—Master Bond has developed a two-part epoxy adhesive and sealant that has a working life of 12-14 hours at ambient temperatures for a 100-gram mass.

CLEVELAND—Nihon Spindle Manufacturing, the Amagasaki, Japan-based manufacturer of Moriyama rubber mixers, and Sanyu U.S.A., its U.S. distributor, both made major decisions about operations just ahead of the recent International Elastomer Conference in Cleveland.