Solid rubber tyres have been on the market for quite a while now, but just like earlier puncture-proof products, they have their shortcomings: they do not produce the typically light driving feel of their air-filled counterparts, are often real heavyweights…
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Bridgestone, Microsoft world-first intelligent tyre monitoring system
Globally-acclaimed tyre and rubber manufacturer Bridgestone and tech company Microsoft have teamed up to develop a unique Tyre Damage Monitoring System using the Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform (MCVP) – the new system uses MCVP’s cloud framework together with pre-installed sensor…
TRS Switzerland, SDS China to establish JV for performance recycled rubber powder
Swiss company Tyre Recycling Solutions (TRS) has concluded a joint venture agreement regarding a consolidated subsidiary of TRS Switzerland, Tyre Recycling Solutions China Jointco, also known as TRS China. The venture will be established by TRS and industrial company Tengzhou…
Continental mulls additional cost-cutting measures due to COVID-19
German corporation Continental A. G. (Continental) is currently assessing potential cost-cutting measures, including forced layoffs, in response to the growing market deterioration following theCOVID-19 pandemic. Continental said that it was taking a series of new cost-cutting measures this year in…
Sumitomo US to restart tyre plant operation on May 11th
Sumitomo Rubber USA, the American subsidiary of global tyre and rubber company Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) Ltd., has announced plans to resume production at its tyre plant in Tonawanda City, New York, on May 11th. The plant has a maximum…
Cambodian rubber exports decline sharply after strict border security
Tightened measures at border checkpoints along the Cambodian border with Vietnam, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, has caused rubber exports to plummet and “will continue to affect rubber exports as long as restrictions remain in place,” said local exporter…
Michelin, Enviro to start joint projects to accelerate progress in tyre recycling
Tyre recycling expert Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) and French tyre manufacturing giant Michelin have recently come into a strategic partnership which includes the establishment of a jointly-owned recycling plant for end-of-life tyres, a supply agreement, and other joint development work…
JK Tyre provides India’s daily earners/migrants with life-saving medical care, food supplies
Indian manufacturer JK Tyre & Industries (JK Tyre) is supplying over 10,000 workers and migrants across every region in India with food supplies and critical care items in the wake of the global coronavirus outbreak. JK Tyre is collaborating with…
Toyoda Gosei to merge Indian production subsidiaries
Japan-based automotive parts manufacturer Toyoda Gosei (TG) will reorganise its production subsidiaries in India for “TG One India” – the company is looking to optimise its production network in the country and also intends to develop a more flexible supply…
MRB’s transgenic rubber trees may hold anti-dengue capabilities in its latex
Instead of just limiting rubber trees’ use to manufacture latex surgical gloves – a necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic – or tyres, the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) has ventured to create a latex serum from locally-cloned transgenic rubber trees that…