The new Cooper Discoverer SRX is designed to provide dependable all-season highway traction, superior handling, and a quiet, comfortable ride for a wide range of CUVs and SUVs. The premium tyre features Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.’s innovative Wear Square.…
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Desma open house: a fete of rubber, silicone moulding solutions
German rubber and silicone moulding specialist, Klöckner Desma Elastomertechnik (Desma) hosted an open house event held 15-16 October in Tuttlingen with Desma’s Managing Director, Martin Schürmann, opening the event. The event, carrying the theme, “Where Champions Meet”, was attended by…
ExxonMobil Singapore to expand butyl rubber; also building world’s largest hydrocarbon resin plant
US chemical firm ExxonMobil Chemical recently held a ground breaking ceremony on the building of two new speciality polymers units at its Singapore Chemical Plant. This comes just ten months after celebrating completion of its major petrochemical expansion in Singapore…
Dow Corning reveals new sealant and silicone adhesive at Glasstec 2014
Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, introduced today at Glasstec 2014 (Stand B59, Hall 11) new Dow Corning® 3363 Insulating Glass Sealant and Dow Corning® Transparent Structural Silicone Adhesive (TSSA), two new highly-engineered silicone technologies…
Siemens and Mesnac signs partnership deal to construct a digital tyre plant
On October 15, Mesnac Co., Ltd. and Siemens (China) Co., Ltd. signed a strategic partnership agreement in Qingdao and aim to explore the field of digital factory together. The two parties have reached consensus on the development of digital manufacture…
Bridgestone gains BMW Supplier Innovation Award
Bridgestone has been awarded the BMW Supplier Innovation Award 2014 in the category “Efficient Dynamics,” in recognition of Bridgestone’s new Ologic technology for C02-optimized tyres developed for the BMW i3 electric vehicle. Bridgestone was selected exclusively by BMW to develop…
Hankook supplies tyres to BMW Driving Center in Korea
Hankook Tire has signed an agreement with BMW Group Korea to exclusively supply the BMW Driving Center in Yeongjong Island, Incheon. As part of the agreement, Hankook has the exclusive right to supply tyres for the trial vehicles at the…
Hercules introduces Avalanche R G2 winter tyre
The new Hercules Avalanche R G2 winter tyre is available in 38 SKUs. The premium, studless tyre is designed “to deliver versatile reliability in severe and unpredictable winter conditions,” according to Hercules Tires. The Avalanche R G2 features the company’s…
Cooper evaluates rubber derived from guayule plants
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has completed tyre builds using rubber derived from guayule plants and new guayule related materials. The tyres are being evaluated by Cooper’s technical team using rigorous wheel, road and track tests, which are ongoing, but…
Kerala gov’t increases NR procurement price
Alarmed by the trend of farmers leaving rubber cultivation, the Kerala government has hiked its natural rubber procurement price by Rs 3 a kg, a hike of 150%. The state cabinet on Wednesday decided to procure rubber from farmers at…