The summer has arrived and we’ve been enjoying some lovely weather recently, so it might not seem like the best time to be mentioning winter tyres, but for fleet managers and businesses which rely on keeping their vehicles mobile whatever…
Category: Industry News
US silica sand supplier company raise prices of silica products
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. said that its Industrial and Specialty Products business is increasing prices for the majority of its non-contracted ground and fine ground silica sand products used primarily in paints, coatings, elastomers, chemical, building products and other applications,…
Conti refines eContact tyre to meet needs of hybrid models
Leading tyre manufacturer Continental has taken the Conti.eContact, originally launched in 2011 with electric vehicles in mind, and refined it to meet the needs of hybrid models.2803db6f-916c-46be-9d21-5d6cd3f1e029 Continental’s in-house studies point to a growing market for hybrids in the future,…
Indian carbon black producer builds facility in Egypt
“India’s biggest producer of raw carbon black, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group plans to build a $170 million carbon black plant in Alexandria, according to a board member at the Egyptian Indian Polyester Company (EIPC). “The project will be located at Borg…
Apollo shares more details on company’s new plant
Earlier this year, Apollo Tyres Ltd. announced it was going to build a greenfield plant in Eastern Europe. At the global launch of two Vredestein tires in Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 23, company executives shared more details with the media…
Hankook joins Singapore-based organization
Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. has joined the International Rubber Study Group’s (IRSG) Panel of Associates. Singapore-based IRSG, according to its website, is an inter-governmental organization “composed of rubber-producing and -consuming stakeholders.” The organization was established in 1944. Hankook was established…
Teijin to establish automotive rubber company in Thailand
Teijin Limited and Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fibre product converting company, jointly announced today that they will accelerate their automotive rubber materials business in Thailand by establishing Teijin FRA Tire Cord (Thailand) Co., in partnership with Ayaha…
Kumho resumes plan to open US tyre plant
A spokesperson for Kumho Tire USA. Inc., the US subsidiary of South Korea-based Kumho Tire Co. Ltd., said the company has resumed its plan to open a production plant in the United States that had been suspended for six years.…
Tokyo rubber futures attains two-month high due to oil gains
Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures snapped a five-session rally to head lower on Tuesday, pulling back from a more than two-month high in the previous day, as profit-taking and a decline in crude oil market pressured prices. The benchmark rubber contract…
Bridgestone explains S. Africa division’s statement on retreaded tyres
Reacting to a technical statement from a sister division in South Africa that warned about retreaded passenger tires, Bridgestone Americas has clarified its position regarding the use of retreads. According to the e-newsletter of the Retread Tire Association (RTA), Bridgestone…