Bridgestone Americas named James DeMouy Vice President of Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) for Bridgestone Americas. DeMouy will provide Environmental, Health and Safety strategic and operational leadership for the global enterprise, including stewardship of the Sustainability initiatives. He will…
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Trelleborg acquires Maritime International
Trelleborg, through its business area Trelleborg Offshore & Construction, completed the acquisition of Maritime International, Inc., a US-based manufacturer that designs and produces marine fender systems and other quay wall accessories. Richard Hepworth, President of Trelleborg’s marine systems operation, said…
Former Pirelli CEO joins Apollo Tyres
Apollo Tyres appointed Francesco Gori as Advisor for Strategy. Part of Apollo Tyres’ Management Board, Gori will support the company in its goal of international growth and identification and development of new markets. Gori has had a long and illustrious…
Purcell New Mexico relocates facility
The Purcell Tire and Service Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, will be relocating its current shop in Bogan NorthEast to a newer, larger facility in Mission Avenue NorthEast. The move will provide the staff at Purcell with additional space to…
Environment Minister offers grants for tyre recycling ideas
New Zealand Environment Minister Nick Smith is offering grants for new ideas to recycle old tyres each year that currently end up at the landfill or illegally dumped. Smith said New Zealand went through about four million tyres each year.…
TIA to induct Glen Nicholson as president
Glen Nicholson will be inducted as the Association’s new president on Tire Industry Association’s (TIA) annual membership meeting on November 2 at the Tropicana Las Vegas. Nicholson will serve a one-year term. Nicholson attended college at the University of Central…
Mitas aims to launch PneuTrac in 2017
The development of the Mitas PneuTrac concept reached a new milestone with the start of field tests. Mitas has outlined its goals for further development of PneuTrac. Mitas’ goal is to have market launch by the end of 2017. “The…
ETRA and ASTM want to set recycled rubber standards
The European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA) and the ASTM International partnered to help establish globally recognised ASTM standards for recycled tyre materials, from crumbs and powders through to recovered Carbon Black (rCB). This development will be one of the subjects…
Avon Rubber acquires Argus
Avon announced the acquisition of Argus thermal imaging camera business of e2v technologies (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of e2v technologies plc, for EUR 3.5million. Based in Chelmsford, UK, Argus is a leading designer and manufacturer of thermal imaging cameras for…
Rubber machinery market to reach US$4.07bn in 2017
The rubber machinery market in China is expected to reach US$4.07 billion on 2017, according to Global and China Rubber Machinery Industry Report, 2014-2017 by Sino Market Insight. The rubber machinery industry in China showed a strong rebound in 2013,…