China-based rubber hose maker Letone Hydraulic (Letone) has started construction on the first phase of its US$236.5 million Smart Hydro Industrial Park, a new plant for rubber hose and related products in Henan Province. Upon full operation in 2024, the plant…
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Marangoni introduces new MTXL retread solution for OTR tyres
Italian-based tyre retreader Marangoni’s latest product development in the OTR tyre segment represents a new retread solution for Kiruna slag pot carriers. According to Ayhan Haliloglou, OTR tyre Area Manager at Marangoni, Valtasiirto, a Finnish company specialising in delivering comprehensive…
Arlanxeo to realign EPDM production network with closure of its Keltan unit in Texas by Q2 2020
Arlanxeo, a leading synthetic rubber company, said that it intends to realign its production network of Keltan Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) elastomers to improve competitiveness and harmonise technology platforms across the Keltan EPDM portfolio. As a result, Arlanxeo is…
Continental, Pyrolyx sign five-year agreement for rCB; expects up to 10ktpa supply
Waste tyre pyrolysis company Pyrolyx will be supplying Continental’s numerous tyre manufacturing facilities worldwide with recovered carbon black (rCB) amounting to some 10 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa). Meanwhile, Pyrolyx expects to absorb over 3 million end-of-life tyres and simultaneously reduce…
Apollo Tyres, GARC to set up first European-compliant tyre test track in India
Indian tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres (Apollo) has partnered with the Global Automotive Research Centre (GARC) test agency to establish India’s very first tyre test track, for various tyre safety testing, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The review of…
Arlanxeo to close EPDM facility in US; to limit impact on affected staff/shareholders
Arlanxeo, a synthetic rubber company based in The Netherlands, will be shutting down its ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) elastomers facility in Orange County, Texas, in the second quarter of 2020 as it realigns global production and supply. As Arlanxeo’s…
Cooper Tire to take ownership of Mexican tyre manufacturing JV
Tyre manufacturer Cooper Tire Rubber & Co. (Cooper) is to buy out a 42% stake in a joint venture with Corporacion de Occidente S.A. (COOCSA). Cooper and Cooperativa Trabajadores Democraticos de Occidente (TRADOC) set up the joint venture tyre manufacturing…
Bridgestone Thailand opens its new OTR tyre factory in Rayong
The Thai subsidiary of auto parts manufacturer Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone), Bridgestone Specialty Tire Manufacturing recently held an opening ceremony for its new tyre factory in Rayong Province, Thailand. The approximately 870,000sqm site is expected to have a production capacity of…
Nokian cuts jobs in Finland due poor sales; will consider relocating employees
Finnish tyre manufacturer Nokian Tyres (Nokian) has just cut 41 jobs related to production, maintenance and testing at its passenger car tyre production plant in Nokian; the company will also carry out temporary layoffs during the remainder of the year…
Mesnac debuts “smart” tyre-building systems and machinery in Qingdao
China-based tyre manufacturing equipment/systems maker Mesnac has recently launched three new tyre-building systems and machines that “will soon cover all of Mesnac’s product line” and boost its product quality. The systems include a machine development system to streamline customisation, a…