Singapore-based International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has announced winners of its photo competition themed “Rubber is a Community”. It received 14 individual entries since February 2020 and was realised with the support of Rubber Trade Association of Singapore (RTAS) and Singapore International Chamber of…
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India notes increase in tyre stocks after new import restrictions by DGFT
The recent import restrictions on certain pneumatic tyres in India has contributed to increased shares of tyre manufacturing companies, with some tyre stocks up by 6%. According to the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), new pneumatic tyres used in…
Arburg producing LSR masks for its employees, healthcare workers
Machine manufacturing company Arburg GmbH & Co. (Arburg) has started injection moulding liquid silicone rubber (LSR) and polypropylene masks near its headquarters in Lossburg, Germany, to address the critical shortage of personal protective equipment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Arburg…
BIR calls for mandatory inclusion of recyclates in new rubber compounds in Europe
Commenting on the brick wall that European tyre recyclers have come up against in accessing domestic markets, especially in these unprecedented times, Chairman of the Tyre and Rubber Committee, Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), Max Craipeau, said Europe needs greater…
ECHA committee proposes ban on rubber granules as “intentionally-added microplastics” in artificial turf
A European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) suggestion could potentially place a ban on the use of rubber granules for infill materials in artificial turf as the granular infill materials from end-of-life tyres (ELT) or other synthetic elastomers used in artificial turf…
DGFT India imposes curbs on import of pneumatic tyres used in motor cars, busses, etc
India will impose restrictions on the import of certain pneumatic tyres such as those used in motorised station wagons, racing cars, scooters, multi-cellular polyurethane tubeless tyres, and bicycles, in an attempt to promote domestic manufacturing. It will also placate domestic…
Maxxis India resumes partial tyre production at Gujarat plant
Maxxis India, a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Cheng Shin Rubber Ind.Co.Ltd., will resume partial manufacturing operations at its Sanand tyre plant in Gujarat, along the west coast of India. Maxxis India has taken into consideration of the safety guidelines announced bythe…
Spanish Cementos Cosmos allowed to use waste tyres as alternative fuel
Cement company Cementos Cosmos will be able to use waste tyres as alternative fuel source (tyre-derived fuel; TDF) in its production process following the granting of an Integrated Environmental Authorisation. The move will allow Cementos Cosmos’ Toral de los Vados…
Yokohama India resumes production at first India manufacturing plant
Tyre manufacturing company Yokohama India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd., is resuming operations at its US$39.7 million Bahadurgarh plant in Haryana, northern India. The plant will resume production based on government directives and guidelines issued due…
Bridgestone Indonesia, Souls4Soles Asia start sustainable project to turn recycled tyres into shoes
In celebration of World Environment Day on June 5, global nonprofit organisation Soles4Souls Asia and Bridgestone Indonesia, a part of tyre and rubber corporation Bridgestone, announced an exciting new project to turn recycled tyres into shoes for people in need…