Swedish company Enviro will be joining the India-Sweden Innovative Accelerator (ISIA) to bring new and improved technology to the Indian tyre recycling industry. ISIA, a collaboration project between the Swedish Energy Agency, Business Sweden and the Confederation of Indian Industries,…
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Tyrata’s direct measurement sensor tested in aircraft tyres
US-based Tyrata Inc. (Tyrata), a tyre sensor and data management company, has successfully measured aircraft tyre tread depth using its IntelliTread tyre sensor (ITS) technology. The sensors use carbon nanotubes to measure millimeter-scale changes in tread depth, and so, are…
Malaysia to reduce rubber glove exports due to labour shortage
Malaysia will be cutting down its rubber glove export this year, according to Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (MARGMA), following a labour shortage dilemma in the country. MARGMA President, Dennis Low Jau Foo, said Malaysia’s 4.5% decline in rubber glove…
Michelin to close French-based tyre factory
French tyre manufacturing giant Michelin will close its truck tyre factory at La Roche-sur-Yon, in western France, as it faces competition from Asian manufacturers in a poorly auto industry. The closing of the factory will affect some 619 employees, and…
Global off-road tyres market to hit US$705 billion by 2025
Superior driving performance over multiple terrains, provided by ATVs and UTVs, will be one of the growth pillars to the off-road tyres market, which is expected to grow to US$705 billion by 2025. According to the latest report by Global…
Trinseo completes acquisition of Dow’s German latex assets
Trinseo, a solutions provider for plastics, rubber and latex binders, has completed the acquisition of US Dow Chemical’s (Dow) latex production facilities at Rheinmunster, Germany. The approximately US$44 million transaction includes full ownership and operational control of two latex production…
Nokian commissions production at Tennessee, US, tyre factory
Premium tyre manufacturer Nokian Tyres (Nokian) has recently inaugurated its Dayton, Tennessee, passenger/light truck tyre factory – the company’s third overall and first outside of Europe – some two years after breaking ground on the US$360 million project.The Dayton factory…
Wacker opens plant for pyrogenic silica in the US
Munich-based Wacker Group has opened a plant for manufacturing pyrogenic silica at its US site in Charleston, Tennessee. The facility has a production capacity of 13,000 tonnes/year and Wacker says it will use this output both for sales purposes and…
Continental introduces ‘intelligent’ truck tyres for mixed-use
Continental Tire (Continental) has launched a series of three “intelligent” construction tyres for on-/off- and mixed-road applications. Each line is designed to offer high mileage, durability, traction and retreadability to heavy-duty vehicles and comes with tyre sensors for digital monitoring.…
Sibur enters into jv with Sinopec for NBR/SEBS production
Russian oil/petchem firm Sibur and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) signed a MOU to cooperate in nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) production. The parties have agreed to set up a joint venture (jv) for the production of NBR with a capacity of 50 kilotonnes/year in China.…