French tyre manufacturer Michelin and Indonesia’s Chandra Asri Petrochemical have agreed to create a joint venture with an investment of US$435 million in a new synthetic rubber plant in Indonesia to supply the local tyre industry and increase export potential.…
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Rubber exports dropped by 59% in October
Due to decline in domestic production, natural rubber export dropped by 59% to 480 tonnes in October this year in oppose to its 1,145 tonnes from same month last year. Total exports of rubber during April-October period in current year…
First India rubber meet slated in 2014
India Meet 2014 will launch its first episode on the 20th and 21st of February 2014 at the Le Meridien Convention Centre, Kochi, Kerala. Arrangements are in progress for the India Rubber Meet – 2014 (IRM-2014) organized by all the…
ENI subsidiary to quit Hythe plant on dropping demand for replacement tyre
A synthetic rubber company, Polimeri Europa is to close its plant at Hythe with the loss of up to 300 jobs at the start of 2014. The closure is due to weakening demand for replacement car tyres, as well as…
Cooper makes available new mud terrain design tyre
Cooper Tyre & Rubber Co. has introduced a Mastercraft premium off-road tyre at the Specialty Equipment Market Association Show. The Courser MXT features the latest in mud-terrain construction and performance together with its aggressive off-road design built for serious off-road…
Bridgestone tops radial tyre production output at China plant
Bridgestone Corporation announced that it will increase its production capacity at a radial tyre plant in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China by approximately 5,300 tyres a day. One of its subsidiary, Bridgestone (Wuxi) will invest about ¥11.5 billion for its capacity…
Continental debuts tyre plant in Russia
Continental Corporation, announced the official start of the serial production at the new tyre plant in Kaluga. The construction of the plant started in November 2011 and was successfully completed within less than two years time and with that according…
Bridgestone revamping manufacturing operations in China
The Bridgestone Group announced that it will reorganise its manufacturing operations in Huanan, China in a bid to make its polyurethane foam products manufacturing more efficient. The Group relayed that the Buji Plant of Bridgestone Ever Light Hong Kong Co…
Chinese Government buys NR from local rubber producers
CHINA, which in previous quarters, had claimed of surplus rubber inventories at its Qingdao warehouses, purchased an estimated 54,000 metric tonnes of ribbed smoked sheet (RSS) grade natural rubber (NR) from local suppliers for government stockpiles, according to reports. About…
Mesnac hatches plan for a new technical centre in Akron
CHINESE producer of equipment for the rubber and tyre industry,Mesnac, is planning to open a research and technical centre in Akron, Ohio. The focus of the Akron facility will be to develop equipment and systems that cater to technical requirements…