South Korean tyre-maker Hankook Tire & Technology (Hankook) has been chosen to equip Porsche’s new 2020 Cayenne, an all-wheel-drive luxury/sport hatchback SUV. The fitment with Hankook’s 21-inch versions of the Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV tyres marks their second OE…
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Yokohama launches new all-season Advan Sport UHP tyre
Tokyo-based Yokohama Tire (Yokohama) has introduced a new tyre designed for luxury cars, sports cars and American muscle cars – the new all-season Advan Sport A/S+. Each tyre comes with a 55,000-mile limited tread wear warranty and is available in…
Chinese firm CGTC suspends operations after making poor bets on rubber
A major supplier to tyre plants in China, Chongqing General Trading Chemical (CGTC), will cease execution of all unfinished contracts from the end of September 2019. CGTC chose to suspend business after it ran into liquidity problems, according to commodity…
Trinseo to build new TPE pilot facility in Hsinchu, Taiwan, by 2020
Global material solutions provider Trinseo plans to build a Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPE) pilot facility at their manufacturing site in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Once operational in 2020, the new TPE pilot facility will enable Trinseo to locally produce its custom-engineered TPE and…
Global off-road tyres market to hit US$705 billion by 2025
Superior driving performance over multiple terrains, provided by ATVs and UTVs, will be one of the growth pillars to the off-road tyres market, which is expected to grow to US$705 billion by 2025. According to the latest report by Global…
New NTDA campaign in the UK rejects part-worn tyres
A unanimous call for a ban against part-worn tyres has been sounded by members of the National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA), a UK-based trade association, who are also for tougher regulations relating to part-worn tyres. In a recent independent survey,…
Arlanxeo invests in CR and NBR globally
Synthetic elastomers company Arlanxeo is strengthening its market position by investing in its high-performance elastomer products CR (chloroprene rubber) and NBR (nitrile butadiene rubber), laying the foundation for the further increase of production capacity in order to meet the increasing…
Trinseo completes acquisition of Dow’s German latex assets
Trinseo, a solutions provider for plastics, rubber and latex binders, has completed the acquisition of US Dow Chemical’s (Dow) latex production facilities at Rheinmunster, Germany. The approximately US$44 million transaction includes full ownership and operational control of two latex production…
China’s General Science to start trial run at Thai tyre plant
China-based company Jiangsu General Science Technology will trial its US$300 million tyre production plant in December 2019 in Rayong Industrial Zone, Thailand, which is currently the world’s largest rubber producer. The plant is to produce 1 million truck/bus tyres and…
Nokian commissions production at Tennessee, US, tyre factory
Premium tyre manufacturer Nokian Tyres (Nokian) has recently inaugurated its Dayton, Tennessee, passenger/light truck tyre factory – the company’s third overall and first outside of Europe – some two years after breaking ground on the US$360 million project.The Dayton factory…