Category: Industry News

AIRIA wants a council to promote Indian rubber for export

The All Indian Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA) wants to form a dedicated council to increase rubber product exports. Around 30% of rubber products produced by Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) are exported. The sector has 5,000 MSME rubber units…

Auto Recalls Expected to Rise through 2016

While many auto executives (42.3 %) expect more industry recalls in 2015 and 2016, just 8 % use advanced predictive analytics to help prevent, prepare for, and manage recalls, according to a recent online poll from Deloitte. Nearly one-quarter (23…

Four farm tyres by Michelin hit shelves

MICHELIN Agricultural tires is unveiling four new tires for tractors, sprayers, harvesting equipment and large implements in North America. It will also introduce as well a new mobile app that calculates the proper air pressure for tractor tires. Also on…

Nexen Tyres named Volkswagen Caddy OE

Volkswagen named Nexen Tire’s N’blue Premium tyres as original equipment (OE) for the Volkswagen Caddy. The Korean tyre company sees this as an opportunity to widen their reach to American and European markets. Nexen says the N’blue is fuel-efficient and…

Pirelli dominates European Hillclimb Championship

Pirelli’s Simone Faggioli won his 8th title at the FIA European Hillclimb Championship in Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia. Faggioli now leads Category 2 with 175 points. Milos Benes trails at second place with 142 points. Pirelli’s product manager Terenzio Testoni said:…

Michelin releases new farm truck tyres

Michelin Agricultural released six new tyres designed to fit tractors, sprayers, harvesting equipment and other farm trucks. All new tyre models feature Michelin’s Ultraflex Technology, which allows tires to operate at up to 40% less air pressure than standard radial…

Cooper Tire rolls out new Roadmaster tyre

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company adds to its line of Roadmaster tyres with the new RM230 WH for waste-haul trucks. The new tyre has 20% larger footprint than all the Roadmaster tyres before it. A large footprint distributes the weight…

Toyo Tires announce management changes

Toyo Tire and Rubber Co, Ltd announced changes in their managerial and personnel lineup. Most changes were promotions and transfers within the company. Sadao Ichihara is no longer Group Executive Officer for DT Business. He remains as Director Senior Corporate…