Dunlop recently launched its newest, innovative passenger car tyre – the StreetResponse2 for small-sized cars on European roads. This product is available in sizes ranging from 13”to 15” and fits four of UK’s five best selling automobiles of 2013. The…
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India Rubber
The All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA) was established in 1945 with the purpose of representing the rubber sector in ...
Country Focus: An alliance that keeps Asia’s “white gold” shining
Despite challenges in the global market and supply chain, Asia’s primary rubber producers are successfully achieving their growth targets, with ...
Sustainability: Southeast Asia’s rubber sector rooting for sustainability
Promising solutions are emerging in the form of sustainable rubber practices, aimed at curbing deforestation and substantially reducing the environmental ...
Rubber industry in the digital age: how technology can save forests, boost business
Emerging policies on ethical material sourcing, such as the EU Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR)’s zero-deforestation rule, underscore ecosystem preservation and market ...
Gloves sector holding up through the headwind
Malaysia’s glove makers are benefiting from streamlining of operations, new investments, and net-zero collaborations to mitigate the impact of low ...
Medical technology market shapes up with silicones
Global and Asian markets for silicones in the healthcare and medical industries have grown in tandem with the advancement of ...
Bridgestone upbeat on tyre test results
Bridgestone is confident there will be no repeat of the tyre debacle that blighted last season’s Australian MotoGP in 2014. A three-day tyre test has concluded at Phillip Island, where Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi, Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa…
Intelligent tyre could improve vehicle performance
A tyre with an embedded microchip linked to the car’s on-board computer has been unveiled by Goodyear Dunlop. The new concept tyre, due to be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show tomorrow, is designed to enhance the performance of the…
Questions over meet on rubber
Today sees Phnom Penh host the “4th Rubber PLANT Summit” – an event promoting foreign investment into Cambodia’s expanding rubber plantation sector. With the promise of Cambodia’s abundant “unused land” splashed across the event’s website, many of the rubber industry’s…
Japan’s Yokohama Tyres bets big on India
Japan-based Yokohama Tyres, which opened a manufacturing plant last month, is undertaking feasibility studies on supplying tyres to Indian car companies, a top official of the company said. “Right now we are not in position to talk to these companies…
Hankook Tyres gears up for major retail expansions throughout UK
Hankook Tyres is all set for major expansion plans across UK through its Hankook Masters Programme. The Hankook Masters Programme The Hankook Masters Programme from Hankook Tyres is a unique retail and franchise development plan that has been designed to…
Bridgestone sets higher benchmark in winter tyre safety with Blizzack LM001
Bridgestone has set higher standards in winter safety with the launch of its second tyre launch in the category in the last two years. Its Blizzack LM001 has arrived to prove its enhanced performance and longer life span. The Launch…
The Top Town Tyres building on the market
The Top Town Tyres building is on the market, as the company is moving to a bigger location near The Base. The company has been based on Te Rapa Rd since moving from Anglesea St in 2006. Director Julian Tordoff…
Apollo launches new Apterra SUV tyre range
Apollo Tyres has launched its new Apterra H/P on-road high-performance summer tyre for SUVs at the ongoing Geneva Motor Show. The new tyre, which is available in H and V speed indexes and being introduced globally, has been developed by…
Evonik snags top US silicic acid ester supplier
German industrial firm Evonik Industries AG has acquired Silbond Corp, a leading supplier of silicic acid esters based in Michigan, US. The mid-double digit million-euro transaction closed on February 28, 2014. As a special group of functional silanes, silicic acid…