Toyo Tire & Rubber has set up Toyo Soflan Wiz in Thailand, a rigid polyurethane thermal insulation manufacturing and sales subsidiary, for the purpose of globally expanding its urethane business within the company’s DiverTech business segment. Toyo Tires conducts every…
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BASF starts up butadiene plant; doubles capacity in Europe
German chemicals firm BASF has started-up a new butadiene extraction plant at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The plant has an annual production capacity of 155,000 tonnes. The plant in Antwerp is BASF’s second butadiene extraction plant in Europe.…
Bluestar Silicones adds Silcolease Poly 356 to flat release polymer line
Bluestar Silicones announced the expansion of its extensive line of flat release profile polymers at Labelexpo Americas 2014. The latest offering, Silcolease® Poly 356, is an ultra-flat release coating system which targets low-platinum, solventless systems and helps label manufacturers enhance…
NFC to set up first rubber processing plant in Thailand
The National Farmers Council has made known that it is prepared to set up Thailand’s first major rubber processing plant in Nakhon Si Thammarat. The plant is estimated to cost up to 50 million baht in construction. So far, farmer…
Cooper introduces new hybrid truck tyre
Tuned to deliver the snow traction of traditional winter tyres, the Cooper Discoverer A/TW is a new hybrid truck tyre that combines all-terrain and winter capabilities. Justifying the snowflake symbol on the sidewall, this Discoverer features cold-temperature-friendly tread compounding and…
PanAridus delivers first bale of tyre-grade guayule rubber
Guayule commercialization company PanAridus L.L.C. received its ninth Plant Variety Patent from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Sept. 10, the same day it shipped its first bale of tire-grade guayule rubber, according to PanAridus CEO Michael Fraley. “The commercialization of…
Shaanxi Yanchang Rubber constructs new tyre plant in Xianyang
Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Northwest Rubber L.L.C. has finished construction of a tyre plant in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, that is rated at 8 million units a year of radial car tyres in the first phase. The new plant represents a $165…
Bridgestone aims to produce 1 million environment friendly tyres
Leading tyre maker PT Bridgestone Tire Indonesia, a subsidiary of Japan’s Bridgestone Corp., has targeted to sell 1 million new tyres that the company claims are environmentally friendly. Frankie Paduli, assistant director of sales and marketing for Bridgestone Tire Indonesia,…
Malaysian glove maker to expand distribution of OBM products
Glove maker Supermax Corp Bhd is set to “grow strongly” next year as it expands distribution of its own brand manufacturing (OBM) products in India, China and Japan, said executive chairman and group managing director Datuk Seri Stanley Thai. Asia…
Lanxess to halt the sale of rubber chemicals business
Lanxess, the world’s largest maker of synthetic rubber for tyres, has decided to hold on to the accelerators and antioxidants rubber chemicals business it had previously considered selling. The business, which generates about 200 million euros ($260 million) in annual…