HERCULES Tire & Rubber Co launches a new addition to its H-Series medium truck offering, the new Hercules H-901. According to Joshua Simpson, Hercules’s Vice President of Marketing, the tyre features better load carrying capability for hauling as well as…
Metso divests part of industrial rubber conveyor belt operations
METSO has completed the divestment of certain parts of its industrial rubber conveyor belt manufacturing and related sales and services operations, which comprise 27 locations with around 330 employees previously belonging to the firm’s Mining and Construction segment. The Finland-sited…
Yokohama debuting tyre grip concept at upcoming exhibit
YOKOHAMA Rubber Concept of “The Science of Tyre Grip Performance” at an upcoming motor show in Tokyo in late November. The company will also introduce its latest technologies, advanced technological capabilities and its corporate stance of seeking ever higher grip…
New plant coming up for Pakistan’s tyre company
PAKISTAN-based General Tyre (Gentipak), producer of tyres for passenger car, light truck, truck/bus, tractor, rickshaw, and motorcycle, is setting up a manufacturing plant in the northern area of the South Asian country Lt Gen (Retd) Ali Kuli Khan Khattak, Chairman…
Trelleborg launches solventless roller head line for sustainable printing
TRELLEBORG has launched the Solventless Roller head Line, developed to revolutionise the process of coating rubber compounds on various textile substrates. The new Solventless Roller Head Line does away several stages of the production process (including removing the need to…
Weir to set up rubber production facility in Malaysia
SCOTLAND-headquartered Weir Group is investing more than £70 million (RM354 million) in Malaysia. The engineering firm’s investment, which will cover setting up of foundry to produce high-quality castings; machine shop and rubber processing plant to produce Linatex, a 95% natural…
Carlisle to sell tyre business to US equity firm
Carlisle Companies Incorporated is selling its Transportation Products (CTP) to American Industrial Partners of New York for US$375 million. According to Carlisle, the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory clearances, and is expected to close in the…
Myanmar raises US$102 million in rubber exports
The Myanmar Ministry of Commerce says that Myanmar has earned more than US$102 million in raw rubber exports, up from US$94 million last year. Reports from export earnings published from April 1 to October 11 this year states that more…
Unimatec Chemicals expands in US
Unimatec Chemicals, which is recognised for its Noxtite brand of FKM, ACM and HT-ACM polymers (high performance rubber polymers) and Cheminox curatives, is expanding in North America with the formation of Unimatec Chemicals America Inc. It anticipates enhanced customer service…
Finished rubber goods manufacturers in India seek import duty hike
SMALL and medium rubber manufacturers in India have demanded an increase in the import duties of finished rubber products to enable the local units to vie competitively with the fast growing cheaper imports. There are about 5,000 SME rubber units…