Tyre engineers in Japan have for the first time, employed a super computer normally used for climate simulation, together with the SPring-8 Materials Research Centre and its synchrotron radiation facility, to create a new energy-efficient tyre. These powerful simulation tools,…
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Recovery in rubber industry’s growth is imminent: Sheela Thomas
Current low rubber prices and declining demand for its products is a matter of concern but growth of rubber industry has always been cyclical and recovery is “imminent”, Rubber Board Chairman Sheela Thomas said today. “Every industry passes through perils…
British racing ‘will suffer’ if Dunlop tyre factory closes
The £9 billion motorsport industry will be hit hard if Goodyear Dunlop presses ahead with plans to close its Birmingham tyre factory, manufacturers and politicians have warned. Proposals to shift production of high performance tyres from the Dunlop Motorsport factory…
Yokohama invests Rs 300 crore in first Indian plant
Yokohama opened its first tyre manufacturing unit in India at Bahadurgarh in Haryana with an investment of over Rs 300 crore. The first phase of production is expected to start in the second half of 2014 with a maximum production…
WTB adds Nano gravel tyre
WTB has a new, gravel-specific tyre, the Nano 40c, which boasts a plump 40mm casing, a rounded profile and a center-line tread pattern designed for riding and racing road bikes on gravel and dirt roads. WTB debuted the tire at…
Absence of China in global market caused fall in rubber price
The continuing slowdown in the European and the US economies apart, Chinese withdrawal from the global market before the end of December had fuelled the current fall in natural rubber price, said Rubber Board chairman Sheela Thomas here on Wednesday.…
Thailand’s 2014 rubber output to fall on politics, prices
Natural rubber production in Thailand is likely to drop in 2014 due to political upheaval and as a sharp fall in prices prompts farmers to curtail tapping, a senior official at the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) told…
Yokohama opens tyre testing center in Sweden
Yokohama’s European subsidiary officially opened a winter tyre development and testing center in Nattberg, Sweden, roughly 50 miles from the Arctic Circle. This is the most recent development in the expanding cooperation between Yokohama and Nordic tyre specialists Arctic Falls,…
Silverfish adds Onza tyres to stable
Silverfish UK has announced the addition of Swiss based tyre manufacturer Onza to its portfolio of brands. Onza is a name which will have any mountain biker with a few decades of service under their belts regaling stories of white…
Malaysia willing to provide expertise in developing rubber estates in Cambodia, says Muhyiddin
Malaysia is prepared to share its expertise with Cambodia to develop the rubber plantation sector and padi processing in that country, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The Deputy Prime Minister said that as a country with fertile land and extensive…