The Kardoes Rubber manufacturing site in La Fayette, Alabama, owned by Swedish rubber compounder Hexpol, is expected to close by December 31, 2019 according to a recent Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) list issued by the US Department of…
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Goodyear to provide sensor-equipped tyres for Priva’s mobility fleets
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Goodyear) has recently equipped Michigan-based mobility startup, Priva, with intelligent tyres to reduce vehicle downtime and allow for more efficient operations. The sensors in the tyre’s will enable Goodyear to gather data and liaise…
Toyoda Gosei, EBM Corp launch e-Rubber-based medical simulator
Toyoda Gosei and EBM Corporation, a university-launched venture company that develops training simulators, have recently launched the “SupeR BEAT” surgical training simulator – the device can reproduce the rhythmic pumping of the heart with extreme accuracy using Toyoda Gosei’s e-Rubber…
Cambodian rubber exports increase through September’19 amid falling rubber prices
Cambodia’s rubber exports was up by 23%, a revenue of US$231 million, during the January-September period, while rubber exports to China averaged US$1,303 per metric tonne – rubber demand/prices could remain stable or slightly increase over the next few years,…
Kraton sells rubber business to Daelim for US$530 mn
US speciality chemicals company Kraton Corporation has agreed to sell its Cariflex business unit, a maker of isoprene rubber latex, to South Korean petrochemical and engineering & construction company Daelim Industrial for US$530 million. The transaction is expected to close in…
Doublestar trials production at new tyre factory; to build scrap tyre recycling plant in China
Qingdao Doublestar Group (Doublestar), China’s largest tyre company, has recently started a trial run at its passenger car tyre factory in Shiyan City, Hubei Province. The 4.3 million-sq.-ft. factory, which is Doublestar’s third Chinese Industrial 4.0 factory with full-process smart…
Bridgestone Thailand opens its new OTR tyre factory in Rayong
The Thai subsidiary of auto parts manufacturer Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone), Bridgestone Specialty Tire Manufacturing recently held an opening ceremony for its new tyre factory in Rayong Province, Thailand. The approximately 870,000sqm site is expected to have a production capacity of…
Continental to list powertrain business by 2020; expects auto market downturn over 5 years
Technology firm Continental has decided to fully spin off its powertrain business Vitesco Technologies (Powertrain division) with subsequent listing. The company says it is tackling the accelerating trend toward powertrain electrification and “reacting to the at present largely unpredictable conditions”…
Nokian cuts jobs in Finland due poor sales; will consider relocating employees
Finnish tyre manufacturer Nokian Tyres (Nokian) has just cut 41 jobs related to production, maintenance and testing at its passenger car tyre production plant in Nokian; the company will also carry out temporary layoffs during the remainder of the year…
Mesnac debuts “smart” tyre-building systems and machinery in Qingdao
China-based tyre manufacturing equipment/systems maker Mesnac has recently launched three new tyre-building systems and machines that “will soon cover all of Mesnac’s product line” and boost its product quality. The systems include a machine development system to streamline customisation, a…