Lion Copolymer, Geismar, LLC (“Lion”) has recently completed a detailed engineering study for an additional 60,000-80,000 metric tons per year EPDM manufacturing line, to be located at the current Geismar Louisiana site and complementing Lion’s existing four EPDM polymerization units.…
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Chinese tyre makers, huge impact on North American tyre industry
China’s impact on the North American tyre industry is huge — the numbers bear that out — and getting bigger. As of 2013, nearly one of every four passenger tyres, one of every five light truck tyres, and one of…
Falken reveals tyre range expansions
Falken Tire Corp. announced plans to expand its Ziex, Wildpeak, Sincera and Ohtsu lines to help it compete in a larger segment of the market during its dealer meeting last week. Rick Brennan, Falken’s new executive director of marketing, says…
Ceat Ltd reports revenue growth
In spite of subdued single-digit revenue growth, Ceat Ltd posted decent results for the March quarter, in line with expectations on the Street. Lower raw material price and a dip in interest outgo helped clock net profit of Rs.69 crore,…
Toyo launches European sales subsidiaries
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. says it will establish an overseas subsidiary in Germany on May 1, 2014. It will be called Toyo Tire Deutschland GmbH (TTD). Previously, all tire sales for the German and Austrian markets were handled…
Goodyear reports net sales decline in Q1
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reported a net loss of $58 million on net sales of $4.5 billion for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014. That compares to income of $26 million on sales of $4.9 billion for the…
Lanxess butyl rubber facility in Belgium restarts operation
Lanxess is in the process of restarting its world-scale butyl rubber plant in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, after union-represented production employees agreed to accept the terms of a new two-year collective labor agreement and subsequently ended their strike. Normal supplies to customers…
Zeon manufacturing plant in Singapore inaugurates full-scale SSBR production
Zeon Corporation has begun full-scale commercial production of solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) at the plant of its subsidiary Zeon Chemicals Singapore Pte. Ltd. (President: Hiroyuki Hirakawa) on Jurong Island, Singapore. A ceremony to mark the completion of the plant…
MAN Truck & Bus picks Continental tyres
Continental is one of the major tyre OEMs for MAN Truck & Bus, with MAN now using Continental’s 3rd generation truck and bus tyres as original equipment. From May 2014, new vehicles from the Munich-based truck and bus manufacturer will…
Tyre companies develops fuel efficient tyres
Companies are now designing products to help reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Times have certainly changed since the early 1800s when Charles Goodyear added sulphur to latex in a bid to cushion tyres for carriages and cycles. With…