India will impose restrictions on the import of certain pneumatic tyres such as those used in motorised station wagons, racing cars, scooters, multi-cellular polyurethane tubeless tyres, and bicycles, in an attempt to promote domestic manufacturing. It will also placate domestic…
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Maxxis India resumes partial tyre production at Gujarat plant
Maxxis India, a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Cheng Shin Rubber Ind.Co.Ltd., will resume partial manufacturing operations at its Sanand tyre plant in Gujarat, along the west coast of India. Maxxis India has taken into consideration of the safety guidelines announced bythe…
Spanish Cementos Cosmos allowed to use waste tyres as alternative fuel
Cement company Cementos Cosmos will be able to use waste tyres as alternative fuel source (tyre-derived fuel; TDF) in its production process following the granting of an Integrated Environmental Authorisation. The move will allow Cementos Cosmos’ Toral de los Vados…
Yokohama India resumes production at first India manufacturing plant
Tyre manufacturing company Yokohama India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd., is resuming operations at its US$39.7 million Bahadurgarh plant in Haryana, northern India. The plant will resume production based on government directives and guidelines issued due…
Bridgestone Indonesia, Souls4Soles Asia start sustainable project to turn recycled tyres into shoes
In celebration of World Environment Day on June 5, global nonprofit organisation Soles4Souls Asia and Bridgestone Indonesia, a part of tyre and rubber corporation Bridgestone, announced an exciting new project to turn recycled tyres into shoes for people in need…
NR outlook in 2020 revised down by ANRPC, for fourth time
The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) has once again revised its forecasts for the natural rubber (NR) industry – ANRPC now has scaled down its estimates for NR production by another 303,000 metric tonnes, expecting the total figure…
JK Tyre sets up new marketing entity in the US in aggressive global business plan
Leading tyre major JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. (JK Tyre) has started the operations of Western Tires Inc., its new unit based in Houston, Texas. The Indian tyre manufacturer now has its own marketing arm centered on the US –…
Reconstruction project in major NYC airport to use recycled rubber construction mats
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