Japan Airlines Co and Bridgestone Corporation have expanded the application of tyre wear prediction technology to implement scheduled tyre replacement operations for large jet aircraft, including the Airbus A350-900, which has been operated by JAL since May 2024. Aircraft tyres…
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Yokohama Rubber to acquire Goodyear’s OTR business for US$900 mn
Yokohama Rubber Co has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the Off-the-Road tyre (hereafter OTR) business of US-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. The OTR business provides specialised tyres for the mining & construction industries among…
Yokohama mulling over acquiring Goodyear’s OTR tyre business
Japan’s Yokohama Rubber Co. says it is in negotiations to acquire Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s Off-the-Road (OTR) tyre business. According to Bloomberg, the potential deal is valued at around US$1 billion. If the acquisition goes ahead, it will be…
Michelin supports new European regulation on worn car tyres
French tyre maker Michelin says it supports the new European regulation R117-04 on the performance of new car tyres once worn, which has been enforced in July 2024. It allows for guaranteeing better safety on the roads, and also for…
Apollo ups productivity with IoT solutions
Apollo Tyres, one of India’s largest tyre manufacturers, sought to transform its manufacturing processes with an ambitious digital strategy. The company worked with AWS Partner Deloitte to implement an Internet of Things (IoT) solution on Amazon Web Services (AWS), connecting…
Yokohama to set up new tyre plant in China
Japanese tyre maker Yokohama has announced it will build a new passenger car tyre plant in China, located in the Qiantang New District of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The new facility will have an initial production capacity of 9 million…
Wastefront to produce aviation fuel from used tyres in UK
Norway-based recycler Wastefront will begin construction on one of Europe’s largest tyre-to-fuel facilities at the Port of Sunderland, UK, which will convert waste tyres into tyre-derived oil (TDO), and subsequently process TDO into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Wastefront intends to…
Dow launches biobased EPDM for auto, consumer applications
US materials firm Dow has launched Nordel REN Ethylene Propylene Diene Terpolymers (EPDM), a bio-based version of Dow’s EPDM rubber material that goes into automotive, infrastructure and consumer applications. A key component of automotive weatherseals and hoses, Dow aims to…
Klean Industries expands rCB footprint in India and Malaysia
Canada’s Klean Industries Inc. has announced the signing of a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to supply its equipment and patented technologies for upgrading char derived from the thermal processing of end-of-life tyres (ELT) into recovered carbon black (rCB). This…
General Science opens Chinese/Thai tyre plants
China’s General Science recently held the commissioning ceremony for its Chinese semi-steel tyre expansion project in Wuxi, and the Thailand Phase II project in Rayong on the same day. The company’s Thailand Phase II project has a designed production capacity…