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Tyre manufacturer Continental has reached its 15 millionth ContiSeal passenger tyre production in Lousado, Portugal – specifically a 255/45-R19 ContiSportContact-5 SUV tyre designed for a Volkswagen. The milestone comes after the corporation’s investment efforts in June 2019. ContiSeal tyres have…
Recycling: Tyre sector tackles circularity of rubber
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PCBL India unveils new R&D centre in Gujarat
India’s largest manufacturer and exporter of carbon black (CB), Phillips Carbon Black (PCBL), has launched their new Sushila Goenka Research and Development Centre in Palej, Gujarat, to facilitate the development of new products required by the tyre and other industries…
Pirelli, Blossom introduce rubber-enhanced skis
Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli and Blossom Skis have partnered to produce a line of skis with a unique rubber compound, derived from the former’s motorsport tyres. A small layer of custom-made Pirelli rubber has been sandwiched into the fiberglass, wood…
Sumitomo’s concept tech harnesses friction from tyres
A new tyre concept from Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries (Sumitomo) aims to leverage static electricity/friction to power a vehicle from within. Sumitomo’s system consists of a regular car tyre and a harvesting device which houses rubber layers and charged films.…
Trelleborg to cut 700 jobs by 2020
Poor demand is expected to push Sweden’s Trelleborg Group to terminate up to 700 permanent/temporary contracts, mainly concerning employees at Trelleborg Wheel Systems (TWS) and Trelleborg Industrial Solutions. A majority of their workforce is to leave by 2020, after a…
Top Glove to open first Vietnam factory next year
Malaysia’s Top Glove will open its first Vietnamese factory in 2020 in response to surging demand for hygienic gloves in the country. The glove giant is expected to invest some US$24.5 million into building the new factory on a large…
Davis-Standard to promote its elastomer expertise at RubberTech
US-headquartered extrusion machinery maker Davis-Standard will promote the company’s elastomer extrusion technology, crosshead and facility expansion at Davis-Standard (Suzhou) Plastic Packaging Machinery during RubberTech China, Hall N1 booth #1A113, from 18-20 September in Shanghai. “RubberTech draws a wide base of…
Toyo introduces new tyre design tech in T-Mode
Japan-headquartered Toyo Tire (Toyo) have launched a new tyre development system “T-Mode,” that blends conventional automotive tyre design base technologies, such as CAE (computer-aided engineering) and AI (artificial intelligence), into an enhanced simulator. Future tyre development will advance on this…