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Government says abundance of land for rubber investors

The country’s controversial natural rubber industry is open for business despite a standing moratorium on new economic land concessions (ELCs), the Cambodian government said at an industry summit in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, as it also sought to allay concerns…

Dunlop presents StreetResponse2 for small passenger cars

Dunlop recently launched its newest, innovative passenger car tyre – the StreetResponse2 for small-sized cars on European roads. This product is available in sizes ranging from 13”to 15” and fits four of UK’s five best selling automobiles of 2013. The…

Bridgestone upbeat on tyre test results

Bridgestone is confident there will be no repeat of the tyre debacle that blighted last season’s Australian MotoGP in 2014. A three-day tyre test has concluded at Phillip Island, where Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi, Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa…

Questions over meet on rubber

Today sees Phnom Penh host the “4th Rubber PLANT Summit” – an event promoting foreign investment into Cambodia’s expanding rubber plantation sector. With the promise of Cambodia’s abundant “unused land” splashed across the event’s website, many of the rubber industry’s…

Japan’s Yokohama Tyres bets big on India

Japan-based Yokohama Tyres, which opened a manufacturing plant last month, is undertaking feasibility studies on supplying tyres to Indian car companies, a top official of the company said. “Right now we are not in position to talk to these companies…