Continental China recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Greenfield tyre plant in Hefei, Anhui Province. The German tyre manufacturer hosted a special event together with the management and employees at the plant, which was set up in 2009 to…
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The methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) market is set to grow from its current market value of more than US$600 million to over US$800 million by 2025. The growth will be driven by escalating construction activities across the globe for the…
Yokohama India opens new tyre centre in Karnataka
The Indian subsidiary of tyre manufacturer Yokohama Japan, Yokohama India, has opened an Exclusive Yokohama Club Network (YCN) outlet for its customers in Karnataka, southwest India. Yokohama India has developed the YCN across India, based off Yokohama’s global philosophy to…
New sales office to boost development for Toyoda Gosei NA
Japanese automotive parts manufacturer Toyoda Gosei (TG) will establish a satellite engineering and sales unit by July 2019 in Ohio, US, to oversee its Toyoda Gosei North America (TGNA) operations. Originally based in Troy, Michigan, select TGNA designs and sales…
Michelin to supply Gulf Air’s new Boeing/Airbus fleets
In a longstanding partnership deal, Michelin’s Air X radial tyres will feature on all of Bahrain’s Gulf Air aircraft fleet come 2020. Flag carrier Gulf Air has begun operating their Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and Airbus 320neo aircrafts that have been…
ANRPC notes low NR production over early 2019
One of the backbones of the trade economy, global natural rubber (NR) production fell in Q12019 (January-March) according to the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC). ANRPC Secretary General Nguyen Ngoc Bich said the drop from 3.15 million to…
Thailand in limbo with US-China trade war
Thailand’s “white gold” rubber latex was once a hot commodity and made the country a globally-sought after rubber producer. But Thailand is currently caught in the aftermath of the US-China trade war, which is similarly affecting other Southeast Asian countries…
Heatwave halts tapping by China’s top rubber producer
Scorching heat in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan has forced the nation’s biggest natural rubber (NR) producer to cease tapping in the area. Select companies have already stopped tapping after instruction by Yunnan’s Natural Rubber Industry Group, with more to…
Guangxi Linglong releases first radial tyre after US$570m investment
Guangxi Linglong Tire, Shandong Linglong’s fully-owned subsidiary, marked the release of its first radial earthmover tyre in May 2019. The production kicks off Linglong’s US$578 million investment into steel, all-steel and engineered tyres, later including some 20 million high-performance semi-steel…
Sumitomo to further optimise autonomous drive
Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) has forged a collaborative agreement with research company Tripod Works and computer equipment manufacturers Sysgration for their developing Direct TPMS (Tyre Pressure Monitoring System) solutions. SRI plans to introduce its tyre pressure control solutions via…