Evonik Corporation’s Inorganic Materials Business Unit has announced new agreements with The Cary Company and Dorsett & Jackson, Inc., to broaden distribution of its silica products in the US Midwest and Western regions, respectively. Previously representing Evonik’s silica product lines…
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US scrap tyre market flourishes while stockpiles lessens
The Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) issued a report coinciding with National Recycling Week, which runs from Nov. 10-16. The report found that more than 90% of scrap tyre piles are cleaned up while 96% of tyres discarded in 2013 were…
Shale gas revolution drawing tyre manufacturers to invest in US
The shale gas revolution is a significant factor behind a recent spate of investments by overseas tyre makers in the US, according to Patrick Ellis, associate consultant at Akron-based Smithers Rapra. Many U.S.-based industries are becoming increasingly advantaged through the…
China tyre imports affects US aftermarket supply-and-demand relationship
The specter of elevated tariffs on consumer tyres from China starting next year already is distorting the normal supply-and-demand relationship in the US aftermarket as distributors have started stepping up their orders from China, Goodyear Chairman Rich Kramer told analysts…
Sumitomo tyre plant in Latin America gains ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification
Sumitomo Rubber Industries is pleased to announce that the Sumitomo Rubber Group’s first tyre factory in Latin America, Sumitomo Rubber do Brasil Ltda., has obtained certification in both the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standard and the OHSAS 18001 Occupational…
New Zealand gov’t launches tyre fuel efficiency campaign
On 5 October transport authorities in New Zealand introduced the EnergyWise approval mark to help identify fuel efficient tyres and to help encourage consumers to ask for Energywise-approved tyres. The mark is also designed to give reassurance about the performance…
Nigeria needs more rubber investments to attract tyre manufacturers
Walking backwards from the automotive policy as it relates to the rubber industry, the key components are the tyres. Nigeria actually has all the raw materials necessary to produce tyres significantly. The country has the raw rubber, and the carbon…
Nigeria reports rubber production downturn
Capacity in Nigeria’s rubber industry has fallen from well above 130,000 metric tonnes per annum (tpa) to between 65,000tpa and 60,000tpa on account of the failure to replenish old plantations and establish new ones experts say. Also, rubber prices which…
Nizhnekamskshina attains 2 millionth truck tyre in Nizhnekamsk plant
Russian tyre maker Nizhnekamskshina recently produced the 2 millionth all-steel radial truck tyre at its dedicated radial plant in Nizhnekamsk. Nizhnekamskshina commissioned the factory in early 2011 after a two-year, $575 million construction project. The 2 millionth tyre was a…
US Commerce Department delays antidumping duty on Chinese tyres
The US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration has postponed its preliminary determination on an antidumping duty investigation against Chinese passenger and light truck tyres. The new deadline for the decision is Jan. 20, 2015 — changed from the original…