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…
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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…
Philippines to expand market access for rubber products, includes rubber for agribusiness
The Philippines is looking to implement various initiatives to develop the rubber industry, with investment promotions and trade fairs/expositions soon to be planned and organised locally or internationally by its Department of Trade and Industry-Export Marketing Bureau (DTI-EMB) along with…
Fungal disease outbreak threatens Thailand’s rubber plantations
Thailand is facing an outbreak of fungal disease Pestalotiopsis, recently found in three districts in a key rubber growing province in southern Thailand – affected rubber trees have been identified in a large enough area that could potentially decrease the…
GDT secures US$50mn deal to establish five tyre recycling plants in South Africa
Australian Green Distillation Technologies (GDT) has signed a nearly US$50 million agreement with Volco Power (Volco) to set up five tyre recycling plants in South Africa – the plants will comprise of six tyre processing modules which are to process approximately…
Enviro to work with Swedish Energy to bring sustainable recycling to India
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,…