KOBE, Japan (March 15, 2011)—Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. said it had no casualties among workers at its Shirakawa factory following last week’s earthquake and subsequent tsunami in northeastern Japan. SRI also reports there was no critical damage at the car…
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Honda restarting motorcycle production March 28th
HONDA has announced that it will be restarting motorcycle production at its Kumamoto factory as of Monday, March 28th. Initially closing all its facilities in Japan after the devastation caused by the Sendai earthquake, Kumamoto will be one of Honda’s…
Equity research on Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. – Increasing demand and restrained capacity driving up tire prices
NEW YORK, NY – www.shinesroomonline.com has a handpicked team of market professionals with over 100 years of combined investing experience. Today they are providing members comprehensive research on the Rubber & Plastics industry and are offering free analytical research on…
Rough day to be in rubber
IN trading on Thursday, rubber plastics stocks were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.5%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Fuwei Films Holdings Limited , off about 7.5% and shares of Spartech off about 1.7%…
Apollo Tyres shares get ‘buy’ rating
AS per media reports, tyremaker Michelin announced a 12% increase in truck tyre prices in Africa and India. Apollo Tyres is present in both these geographies. As per an article in Rubber World, Yokohama Tire raised truck tyre prices by…
Silicones balance healthcare needs of patients
Tailor-made solutions Bluestar Silicones has launched a customised approach to the manufacture of antimicrobial silicone products that offers OEMs and processors tailored material solutions to meet specific healthcare application needs. Unlike competitive offerings that are “one size fits all,” Bluestar…
Japanese push for NR in Asia
Japan’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will help Vietnam to improve the country’s rubber industry with a plan to replace synthetic rubber, which is made from fossil fuels, with natural rubber (NR). The five-year US$3.9 million project involves the Vietnamese government…
Research for improvements to rubber
Leading universities in the US have innovated technology that allows rubber recovery while a new type of sensor will help in sensing structural damage on infrastructure. University of Akron researcher Avraam Isayev’s rubber recovery technology is expected to cause a…
Lanxess invests into bio-based rubber
GERMAN speciality chemicals company Lanxess is investing more in new technology to produce synthetic rubber from bio-based raw materials. From producing isobutene from renewable resources, it has now increased its minority shareholding in US-based renewable chemical company Gevo. Lanxess initially…
Maine sells pneumatic tyre unit
As part of its global restructuring plan, US-based Maine Industrial Tire has sold its China-based pneumatic tyre manufacturing assets to Trelleborg Wheel Systems. Maine Tire will continue to operate and retain ownership over the solid tyre portion of the Hebei…