Category: Industry News

Yokohama website goes multilingual

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that as of March 28 it has enhanced the multilingual capabilities of the corporate website. In addition to its existing English and Japanese versions, the website now includes webpages in Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic,…

Rubber Board India distributes root trainer plants

The Rubber Board has invited applications for distribution of planting materials. Root trainer plants and polybag plants of clones RRII 105, 430, 414, 417 and 422 are available from the Board’s central nursery at Karickattoor and regional nurseries at Kadackamon…

Solectria to power Goodyear facility

Solectria Solar, the leading U.S. commercial PV inverter manufacturer, announced today that its three-phase, transformerless PVI 28TL inverters were installed at the Goodyear Rubber Manufacturing Facility in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The 1MW solar array is comprised of over 3,000 solar…

Indonesia gov’t to buy 500,000 MT of local rubber

The Indonesian government will buy 500,000 metric tons of locally produced rubber to help rubber farmers. The Indonesian rubber association said the rubber should come from infrastructure development, such as using rubber in asphalt mix for roads. Indonesia is the…

Momentive to launch new silicone product

Momentive Performance Materials Inc. will launch CoatOSil DRI waterborne silicone at the American Coating Conference in Indianapolis, IN, April 12 to 14. CoatOSil DRI waterborne silicone can act either as a co-binder or additive in latex systems and Dr. Ping…

Yokohama tyre named Chrysler Pacifica OE

Yokohama Rubber announced that its Avid S34 has been selected as original equipment on FCA US LLC.’s (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) 2017 Chrysler Pacifica. The Pacifica, which redefines the minivan segment FCA US created more than 30 years ago – will…

Yokohama to Start producing marine hoses in Italy

Yokohama Rubber’s Italian marine hose subsidiary, Yokohama Industrial Products Italy S.r.l. (YI-IT), will begin production and sales of the company’s Seaflex brand marine hoses used during marine transport of crude oil and petroleum products. The plant was recently certified as…

Sumitomo Rubber to expand South Africa factory

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. is moving forward with investments in plant and equipment at its Group’s factory in South Africa, Sumitomo Rubber South Africa. These investments focus on the installation of production equipment for truck and bus tyres, will total…

Rubber Board India announces training

The Rubber Board organizes a one-day training in rubber planting operations at Rubber Training Institute, Kottayam on 29 March 2016. The course content includes land preparation, lining, pitting, terracing and planting of rubber. The fee for training is Rs. 400/-…