In laying out its new mid-long term business strategy, Japanese tyre maker Bridgestone Corporation says it will focus on sustainable mobility towards 2050 and beyond. In a virtual press conference from Tokyo, Bridgestone Global CEO/Representative Executive Officer Shu Ishibashi unveiled the new global brand tagline “Solutions for…
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Birla Carbon to restructure to focus on customers
Indian carbon black supplier Birla Carbon is undertaking organisational changes in what it says will drive closer connection to its customers, focus on market driven innovation, and leverage its global capabilities. The company will transition to a global functional organisation from…
Rubber Board India comes out with electronic trading platform for NR concept
The Rubber Board of India, based in Kerala, will soon be starting electronic trading through a digital trade platform for natural rubber (NR). It is expected to provide greater visibility to buyers/sellers and complement the existing system of dealer-processor- manufacturer…
Arlanxeo holds first virtual “Technical Marathon” for synthetic rubbers
Innovative synthetic rubber manufacturing company Arlanxeo has just held its first all-day online “Global Technical Marathon,” featuring 24 company professionals who gave world-class technical presentations hour-on-hour to a vibrant international audience. Their subject centered on the latest changes impacting the…
Australian tyre recycler looks at expanding to Europe
Australian tyre recycler Green Distillation Technologies, which says it has developed a world-first process that turns end-of-life tyres (ELTs) into high value oil, carbon and steel, believes the time is right for it to expand into the European market, despite…
NR prices/demand to pick up in Q3, says ANRPC
Malaysia-based Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) in its statistics for June 2020, painted a dismal outlook of natural rubber (NR), which has witnessed falling prices and demand, but expects consumption of NR to pick up in the third…
Cooper Tire’s new winter drive tyre RM258 features added traction for regional haulers
US-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (Cooper Tire) has recently launched the RM258 WDTM winter tyre to its Roadmaster truck tyre lineup. The new winter tyre features several accents which makes it Roadmaster’s “best performer in the snow and other…
Cooper Standard divests some operations in Europe and India
Automotive parts supplier Cooper-Standard Holdings says that it has completed the divestiture of its European rubber fluid transfer and specialty sealing businesses, as well as its Indian operations, to Mutares SE & Co. KGaA. “We are continuing the execution of…
Nokian: smart tyres will be on the road in five years
Self-driving cars will set requirements for tyres in the future. Sensors connected to tyres will be one of the things that play an important role when machines observe driving conditions instead of humans, says an expert from Nokian Tyres that…
Bridgestone acquires UK tyre-management platform iTrack Solutions
The Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) has recently acquired UK-based iTrack Solutions business, one of the largest providers of tyre management solutions for off-road vehicles in the UK market. iTrack Solutions offers a tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) which is specially designed…