World-renowned tyre maker Bridgestone Corp. (Bridgestone) and Japan Airlines (JAL) have begun a data-based partnership to accurately assess the rate of tyre wear in aircraft and improve their management and maintenance. The project – launched in May – will use…
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BKT introduces Maglift Eco/Premium forklift tyres
BKT has introduced two new models for its Maglift tyre specifically designed for forklifts, known as Maglift Eco and Premium. Maglift Eco is made with two layers of rubber compound and has a special shape and very wide lugs to guarantee outstanding…
India notes increase in tyre stocks after new import restrictions by DGFT
The recent import restrictions on certain pneumatic tyres in India has contributed to increased shares of tyre manufacturing companies, with some tyre stocks up by 6%. According to the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), new pneumatic tyres used in…
Arburg producing LSR masks for its employees, healthcare workers
Machine manufacturing company Arburg GmbH & Co. (Arburg) has started injection moulding liquid silicone rubber (LSR) and polypropylene masks near its headquarters in Lossburg, Germany, to address the critical shortage of personal protective equipment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Arburg…
ATA broadens line of high-performance VF implement tyre with new Agriflex+ 881
Alliance Tire America Inc. (ATA), part of global Alliance Tire Group, has introduced another high-performance, all-steel VF (very high-flexion) radial tyre with the new Alliance Agriflex+ 881, for today’s heaviest towed agricultural implements. The Agriflex+ product line notably uses extremely…
BIR calls for mandatory inclusion of recyclates in new rubber compounds in Europe
Commenting on the brick wall that European tyre recyclers have come up against in accessing domestic markets, especially in these unprecedented times, Chairman of the Tyre and Rubber Committee, Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), Max Craipeau, said Europe needs greater…
ECHA committee proposes ban on rubber granules as “intentionally-added microplastics” in artificial turf
A European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) suggestion could potentially place a ban on the use of rubber granules for infill materials in artificial turf as the granular infill materials from end-of-life tyres (ELT) or other synthetic elastomers used in artificial turf…
DGFT India imposes curbs on import of pneumatic tyres used in motor cars, busses, etc
India will impose restrictions on the import of certain pneumatic tyres such as those used in motorised station wagons, racing cars, scooters, multi-cellular polyurethane tubeless tyres, and bicycles, in an attempt to promote domestic manufacturing. It will also placate domestic…
Continental mulls additional cost-cutting measures due to COVID-19
German corporation Continental A. G. (Continental) is currently assessing potential cost-cutting measures, including forced layoffs, in response to the growing market deterioration following theCOVID-19 pandemic. Continental said that it was taking a series of new cost-cutting measures this year in…
Maxxis India resumes partial tyre production at Gujarat plant
Maxxis India, a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Cheng Shin Rubber Ind.Co.Ltd., will resume partial manufacturing operations at its Sanand tyre plant in Gujarat, along the west coast of India. Maxxis India has taken into consideration of the safety guidelines announced bythe…