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Toyo tyre sales subsidiary in Thailand begins operation
The Bangkok-based Toyo Tire (Thailand) Co. Ltd. (TTT) will oversee original equipment (OE) and passenger vehicle aftermarket tyre sales with local sales channels, scheduled to begin in April and July, respectively.
Scrap tyres and inner tubes transform to travel gears
SIKLO Pilipinas, a Philippine-based enterprise that manufactures accessories from scrap rubber tyres. Siklo upcycles – a method of re-purposing discarded materials to be made into new, sellable products – scrap tyres (and inner tubes of tyres) into durable travel products…
F1 team opts for Pirelli’s 2013 tyres
FORMULA One (F1) team, Lotus, is staying put with Pirelli’s mew rubber tyres for this season’s race. Whilst other teams expressed that Pirelli should switch back to last year’s rubber, James Allison, Lotus’s technical director said that their team do…
Ghana allocates GH¢62m for the rubber industry
THE Government has invested more than the said amount in the rubber industry under the Rubber Outgrower Plantation Project (ROPP).
NASA plans to buy aerogels from Aspen Aerogels
NASA/JSC has posted a requirement for rubber aerogels for space suit application. According to the agency, it needs five square samples of aerogel formulation 050313, and a quantity of one roll sample of aerogel formulation 050313 and it intends to…
US tyre shipments to increase in 2013, says RMA
The flat growth posted last year was attributed to the uncertain consumer behaviour and economic climate in the replacement market
Sumitomo Rubber to set up motorbike radial tyres facility in Thailand
SUMITOMO Rubber Industries, Ltd. is installing equipment for the production of motorcycle radial tyres at its Thailand plant, investing an estimated 1.4 billion yen for the facility. Currently, the company produces such tyres at its Nagoya Factory (located in Toyota,…
Rubber production pushed in Southern Philippines to backup major farm crops
COMMERCIAL production of rubber trees in Eastern Visayas is being pushed by the Southern Leyte State University (SLSU) to backup price volatile and disease-prone copra and abaca.
US hybrid car firm cuts jobs by 75%
California-headquartered hybrid sports car maker, Fisker Automotive has started downsizing its labour force by up to 75%, in an effort to keep its operations going. The company said that the move was necessary to maximise the value of its core…