Dutch tyre maker VMI launches its new truck tyre building machine, Milexx, at the Tire Technology Expo 2016. Milexx is the product of the three-year development project including comprehensive field testing. The machine can produce close to 700 tyres per…
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The Offshore Group welcomes rubber client in Mexico
Business assistance company Offshore Group is opening an office in Queretaro, Mexico to accommodate its two newest clients as well as future expansion plans. “Our expansion into Queretaro will allow us to offer our services in an area that aligns…
Yokohama earns fourth award from Caterpillar
For the fourth consecutive year, Yokohama Tire Corporation has earned Caterpillar’s premier supplier award: the Platinum Level Recertification in its Supplier Quality Excellence Process (SQEP). The award went to Yokohama’s off-the-road (OTR) factory in Onomichi, Japan. According to Caterpillar, its…
Specialty silica demand in the US to exceed US$2 bn in 2019
Demand for specialty silicas in the US is forecast to rise 4.7 percent per year to US$2.1 billion in 2019. Gains are expected to approach their longer-term growth rate, as they moderate from the post-recession growth of the 2009-2014 recovery…
Rema Tip Top expands in Norway
Rema Tip Top expands its corporate group through the acquisition of Flexpro AS, one of Norway’s leading companies for the conveyor systems maintenance and plant component trading. Flexpro AS has formed part of the Rema Tip Top corporate group since…
Thailand’s Rubber City seeks investors
The Thai government is currently seeking foreign companies to invest in it Rubber City located in Southern Region Industrial Estate of Hatyai, 946 km south of Bangkok. Investors can start reserving land through the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IET)…
Goodyear releases new tyres
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company added new tyres in their existing lines to cover more market segments. Kelly Edge HP Goodyear has rounded out its Kelly brand power line with the new Kelly Edge HP. “The Kelly Edge A/S…
Trelleborg inaugurates new facility in South Carolina
Trelleborg inaugurated its first North American manufacturing facility dedicated to the manufacture of premium radial tires for agricultural machinery in Spartanburg, South Carolina in the U.S. last January 27, 2016. Representing a 50 million USD investment, the 40,000 square meter…
Ba Ria Rubber to sell 20 million shares
Vietnamese rubber company Ba Ria Rubber will sell 20 million of their shares in an initial public offering (IPO) on March 11, 2016. Ba Ria Rubber grows rubber plants and sells them as rubber latex. According to the Ho Chi…
Bridgestone recalls Firestone truck tyres
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) is recalling one size of its Firestone FS561 tire sold in the United States and Canada between April 2015 and January 2016. The voluntary safety recall is limited to FS561 tires in size 255/70R22.5 and…