In a second tyre service innovation for future mobility, American tyre manufacturer Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has entered a partnership with California-based electric car subscription company Borrow for automatic tyre servicing. Goodyear will use its predictive tyre servicing solution…
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Gloves Sector: Malaysia’s gloves sector holds its place in a volatile market
As a main exporter of gloves globally, Malaysia is handling suitably geopolitical pressures ...
LSR stretches its industrial footprint
Liquid silicone rubber, or LSR, is an advanced elastomer that has gained traction ...
Tyre Sector: Setting in motion the wheels of change
Once liabilities and eye sore on landfills, end-of-life tyres have now become assets ...
Tyres: Space’s the limit for rubber tyres
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Medical: Flexible artificial muscles from liquid crystal elastomers
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Marangoni TRM notices redeveloped interest in retread tyres
The European tyre retreading market is reportedly making a comeback, according to Italian retread tyre developer and distributor Marangoni Group. The slow and steady recovery is possibly because of Europe’s import duties on Chinese truck tyres, which are widely used…
Kossan to spend MYR1.5b on new Malaysian glove city
Glovemaker Kossan Rubber Industries (Kossan) expects to spend close to MYR1.5 billion (US$358.8 million) on its new advanced glove manufacturing plant in Perak, Malaysia. Construction on the 824-acre (333ha) land, acquired at a bargain price of MYR82.4 million from Perak’s…
Continental China, Hefei celebrates 10-year production
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…
Methyl isobutyl growth to reach US$800 mn by 2025; rubber/tyres as drivers
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…