Hankook Tire announced on April 18 that it has released two new tyres for trucks and buses—AH 30 and AH36. The AH30, a tyre for large cargo and tractor trailers, is applied with zigzag 3 grooves that are best optimized…
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Porsche Macan gets Continental tyres
Porsche places its trust in Continental tyres for its new compact SUV Macan. To this end, the manufacturer of sports cars has now approved both 18″ and 21″ summer tyres…
Egypt’s Ministry of Industry to retread old tyres
The Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade will start refurbishing and reusing heavy truck tyres, Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour announced Wednesday in an official statement. The project, a joint effort of the Industry Council for Technology and Innovation, the…
Rubber insulation manufacturer reveals profit surge
Rubber World Industries, the manufacturer of closed-cell rubber insulation ‘Gulf-O-Flex’, has posted a 15% increase in profit for the first quarter of 2014. The company also saw a 30% increase across its global distribution operations for 2013, reflecting 15.5% real…
Lanxess — green tyres are the way forward in China
China produced more than 500 million radial tyres in 2013. And China’s fast growing automotive market bolsters the country’s position as the world’s major tyre producer.
Iranian company claims Nairit Rubber owes $27,000 plus interest
Today, the trial in which the Iranian company SandbadTir INTL Transport Co. Ltd. is demanding that Nairit Plant CJSC be declared bankrupt continued in Yerevan’s Shengavit Court of First Instance. Vrezh Khachikyan, who represents the Iranian company, told this reporter…
Rubber procurement ‘stretched’ too far
The rubber procurement scheme launched by the Kerala Government fails to bring any benefit to the growers as the commodity remains under pressure with the decline of spot rubber prices. The delay in implementation of the scheme, coupled with the…
Rubber wristbands soak up compounds to reveal wearer’s chemical exposure
Nearly as common as the tribal tattoo, silicone wristbands allow wearers to promote — or oppose — a variety of social and political causes. Pink is for breast cancer, red is for AIDS, and yellow is worn to support the…
Pirelli bringing new 125cc GP/Moto3 rear tyre to North America
Pirelli has expanded its 2014 racing range again. The new 115/70R17 Slicks come in 3 compounds (SC0, SC1, & SC2) and match up with the current 100/70R17 slick front. These new tyres were developed in Europe with top Moto3 and…
New WTB Rubber
The annual Taipei International Cycle Show in Taiwan is happening this week. It’s the first major bicycle trade show of the year, and it’s a big one. It’s also where Wilderness Trail Bikes has decided to unveil some of their…