Nokian Tyres plc will release its first-quarter 2014 financial results on May 7, 2014. Of note: The results in Russia will be less than the company forecasted. “Due to a weaker forecast for the economy in Russia and CIS (the…
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Volvo Polestar picks Michelin ultra-high performance tyre
All of the new Volvo S60 and V60 Polestar, which will be sold on four continents around the world from June 2014, will be fitted with 245/35 R 20 MICHELIN Pilot…
Horizon introduces new tyre
Commercial tyre importer and distributor Horizon Tire Inc. has launched the Crosswind AP for the sport- and crossover-utility vehicle and 4X4 segment in 28 sizes. The Crosswind AP is made exclusively for the Houston-based company by China’s Shandong Linglong Tyre…
Philippines visited India to improve rubber production
Rubber is poised to emerge as a potent growth driver for economic relations between India and the Philippines which have remained muted over the years. A 35-member delegation from the Philippines, including government officials, rubber and products manufacturers, visited India…
Rubber-sellers hold back due to high prices of raw materials
Chinese consumers bid for prompt rubber shipments at below $2 a kg this week, but some sellers held back their cargoes because of the low prices and difficulties in getting raw material, dealers said on Wednesday. The dry season, which…
India’s 2013/14 rubber production fell
India’s natural rubber imports jumped 49.3 percent to a record 324,467 tonnes in the year ended March 31 from a year earlier as excessive monsoon rains hurt production, the state-run Rubber Board said. The country’s production fell 7.6 percent to…
Styron to convert its Ni-BR plant to increase tyre production
Styron, the global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber, today announced that it will convert its Nickel Butadiene Rubber (Ni-BR) production train in Schkopau, Germany, to Neodymium Butadiene Rubber (Nd-BR). Coupled with Styron’s existing leading technology in…
Rubber tappers suffered from revolt
Forty years have rolled since the first revolt by rubber tappers and smallholders but the issue of low rubber price still niggles their lives today. This time though the blow was harder as even the price sugar per kilogram superceded…
Doublestar introduces new truck tyres
Doublestar Tire Corp. recently added four SmartWay verified truck tyres, covering all three wheel positions, to its line offerings and is planning to launch two more, the company said. In addition, two other models — an all-position tyre and a…
US tyre makers invested billions for expansion projects
Looking strictly at the rising import penetration of passenger and light truck tyres in the US replacement business, it might be easy to get the impression that tyre manufacturing in the US is a dying industry. But that impression couldn’t…