Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, members of the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) and global producers of rubber, have reported a significant decline in natural rubber (NR) production due to the widespread fungal Pestalotiopsis disease, which has affected hectares of rubber…
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Apollo Tyres, GARC to set up first European-compliant tyre test track in India
Indian tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres (Apollo) has partnered with the Global Automotive Research Centre (GARC) test agency to establish India’s very first tyre test track, for various tyre safety testing, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The review of…
Arlanxeo to close EPDM facility in US; to limit impact on affected staff/shareholders
Arlanxeo, a synthetic rubber company based in The Netherlands, will be shutting down its ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) elastomers facility in Orange County, Texas, in the second quarter of 2020 as it realigns global production and supply. As Arlanxeo’s…
Cooper Tire to take ownership of Mexican tyre manufacturing JV
Tyre manufacturer Cooper Tire Rubber & Co. (Cooper) is to buy out a 42% stake in a joint venture with Corporacion de Occidente S.A. (COOCSA). Cooper and Cooperativa Trabajadores Democraticos de Occidente (TRADOC) set up the joint venture tyre manufacturing…
Toyo Tires develops sixth-gen Noair tyre design; fares better than conventional tyres
The development of Noair, Toyo Tires’ sixth-generation airless tyre technology, is progressing smoothly as it defies the needs of conventional tyres, which are typically filled with air for weight-bearing and to absorb impacts. Airless tyres instead use special high-rigidity resin…
Lassa Tyres to ramp up production at Turkish smart tyre plant
Turkish tyre company Lassa Tyres (Lassa) is to raise output at its US$300 million Aksaray smart tyre plant, which has already “reached important production figures in less than a year.” Established in 2018 by Brisa Bridgestone Sabanc? Tyre Manufacturing, the…
Hexpol to shut down Kardoes Rubber subsidiary in east Alabama by end-2019
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…
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,…