AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smithers Rapra, a world leader in rubber, plastics and composites testing expertise, announced today a new sponsorship of the University of Michigan’s Formula SAE team.

Smithers Rapra has expanded its existing U.S. chemistry laboratory space by more than 40% by adding a new extractables and leachables lab at the Akron Global Business Accelerator. Smithers Rapra ...

AKRON (June 23, 2015) — Testing firm Smithers Rapra has completed a realignment of its tire and wheel testing laboratory in Ravenna, Ohio, that will bring it in line for global tire rolling resistance ...

SHROPSHIRE, England (June 5, 2009)—Smithers Rapra is commercializing a new technology for d-vulcanizing scrap rubber. The technology was developed in a three-year program by members of the DevulCO2 ...

FALMOUTH, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 250 pigment supply chain leaders will come together next week at the Le Westin Montréal in Montréal, Canada for Smithers Rapra’s TiO2 World Summit 2014.

RAVENNA, Ohio—Polymer products testing company Smithers Rapra has upgraded the wheel-testing capabilities at its Tire and Wheel Test Center in Ravenna to handle wheels with rim diameters up to 24 ...

RAVENNA, Ohio — Polymer products testing company Smithers Rapra has upgraded the wheel-testing capabilities at its Tire and Wheel Test Center in Ravenna to handle wheels with rim diameters up to 24 ...

Independent, third-party laboratory Smithers Rapra broke ground recently on a new expansion at the Smithers Tire and Wheel Test Center in Ravenna. Six of the top global tire manufacturers -- including ...

The company saw sales growth of 15% in 2010 and projects double-digit growth for 2011 for R&D/Leverage-UK; the company also has a North American business unit based in Missouri. "The European market ...

Rapra Technology has won a contract from new recycling body, London Remade, to study the recycling of polyurethane and polystyrene materials recovered from domestic and industrial refrigerators.